Policymakers in many countries assume that birthrates have fallen because people want fewer children, but a global study says financial insecurity is driving those decisions.

A testy exchange between a senator who strongly supports Ukraine aid and the defense secretary revealed a deepening split among G.O.P. officials on the war.

A string of recent cyberattacks and data breaches involving the systems of major retailers have started affecting shoppers.United Natural Foods, a wholesale distributor that supplies Whole Foods and other grocers, said this week that a breach of its systems was disrupting its ability to fulfill orde

Many of us think of rice as a plant that grows in flooded fields. And that’s because the kind of rice we’re most familiar with is the long-grain, wetland variety called lowland rice.

Aid agencies say Gaza faces the threat of widespread starvation in the wake of the 80-day Israeli blockade on food deliveries that ended in mid-May. Two young Gazans, Salem Madhat Alaydi and Aya Ehab Zaid, describe what it is like to fight hunger.

A former Florida state worker who leaked information about plans by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration to build golf courses and hotels in state parks has filed a whistleblower lawsuit.

Peru’s culture ministry has reversed a decision to shrink the protected area around the Nazca Lines after national and international backlash.

LA officials filed felony charges for anti-ICE protest violence, and DA Hochman warned rioters they would be arrested, prosecuted and punished.

The State Department said it had decided to shrink the U.S. “footprint” in Baghdad and the United Kingdom issued a warning about “increased tensions within the region.”

The National Guard in Los Angeles has detained anti-ICE protesters while providing security for immigration operations, with officials expecting protests to escalate.

Noblemen, enslaved people, freedom fighters, slaveowners: what the complex family tree of the first American pontiff reveals.

Celebrities took to social media to pay tribute to Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson, whose family announced his death at age 82 Wednesday.

The new executive chairman for the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation told NBC News that to his knowledge the group is not financed by the Israel.

Secret Service, Park Police prepare for Army 250 parade

A group behind the Supreme Court case that ended affirmative action is now targeting a federal support for schools that enroll large numbers of Hispanic students.

Military leaders, veterans, and civic voices gather at Mount Vernon to mark Army’s 250th and launch a campaign urging Americans to serve their country.

Mr. O’Neal, a correspondent for The Economist, will be in charge of championing “personal liberties and free markets,” the section’s new direction laid out by Jeff Bezos.

The authorities were still searching for four children. Inclement weather has left thousands displaced.

A just-released Peacock documentary, “The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets,” takes viewers inside the Long Island home of alleged serial killer Rex Heuermann

The 700 Marines deployed to Los Angeles by President Donald Trump have not yet hit the streets and are instead on standby and carrying out nonlethal training.