Portraying Luke Spencer, he was one of the best-known soap opera stars in American television. His onscreen romance with Laura Webber, played by Genie Francis, changed the landscape of daytime television.

We are headed for more confrontation, more brinkmanship, more war.

The shooting attack in Palmyra, Syria, on Saturday struck Iowa National Guard troops. Two were killed, along with an American civilian interpreter; three others were wounded.

Two men toting long guns opened fire on hundreds of people who were celebrating Hanukkah on Bondi Beach in Sydney, the core of the Australian city’s Jewish community.

In films like “A Few Good Men,” the director’s ideas of honor and morality were stated as plainly as could be.

Crucial details on the future security of Ukraine remain unsettled as negotiators seek a deal that Russia will approve.

For ecologists, the Covid-19 pandemic has presented a remarkable natural experiment in what can happen to wild animals when humans stay home.

Video of Ahmed el Ahmed disarming one of the gunmen has gone viral, and officials around the world have hailed his bravery.

To mark the winter holidays — an especially popular time to break up — we asked people around the world for their most striking parting words to each other.