Valentino Garavani, fashion’s “Last Emperor,” believed in the power of beauty.

New tensions flared a day after a Kurdish-led militia agreed to hand over control of prisons holding some 8,000 Islamic State fighters to the Syrian government.

Numerous countries say they have been invited to join President Trump’s newly minted organization, which critics say could undermine the United Nations.

As President Trump tries to coerce European leaders over Greenland, they are pondering the unthinkable: Is an 80-year-old alliance doomed?

Gov. Wes Moore and the company behind the Sphere said the project in National Harbor, in the Washington metro area, would create jobs and become a landmark attraction.

The Justice Department said it would investigate the protest over a pastor’s apparent role in immigration enforcement in the state.

The court is set to hear Ms. Cook’s case challenging her firing as the Justice Department investigates Jerome H. Powell, the central bank chair.

Philippe Sands, one of the world’s pre-eminent human rights attorneys, grew up in the shadow of bleak times. He worries that history is taking an unfortunate detour.

Valentino, as he was called, created one of the most durable and fashionable labels and became an equal of his high society customers.

China isn’t just building gigantic amounts of power. Its businesses are reshaping technological foundations to electrify the world.

A severe solar storm could produce a visible show from Alabama to Northern California.

A lawsuit by the Fed governor Lisa D. Cook has challenged President Trump’s push to fire her.

Supporters of former president Hugo Chávez, the anti-American socialist, are struggling to come to terms with their government’s pact with Washington.

Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, backed Nate Morris, a Republican businessman, in the primary race to succeed Senator Mitch McConnell in Kentucky.

A pet cow named Veronika can scratch her own back with a broom — the first scientifically documented case of tool use in cows, researchers say.