The Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin urged the West on Thursday to move quickly to meet Russia's demand for security guarantees precluding NATO's expansion to Ukraine.

A severe drought, now in its second year, has dramatically worsened the already desperate situation in the country with an economy in freefall following the Taliban takeover in August.

A monument at a Hong Kong university that commemorates the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre was removed by workers early Thursday. Workers had erected barricades around the monument late Wednesday.

Researchers studying the wreckage of the Clotilda, which has been buried in mud on the Alabama coast since 1860, say that most of the wooden schooner is still largely in one piece.

Sonny "Hoot" Gibson had tried to find the black cat with yellow eyes that liked to greet customers of his rental business, but had given up after a few days. Then on Sunday he heard a faint meow.

The embryo fossil was discovered in rocks in east China around the year 2000 and housed in the Yingliang Stone Natural History Museum in Fujian Province, where it was dubbed "Baby Yingliang."

Joseph Moore wore a wire for the FBI under his white robe.

Federal prosecutors argued Monday that Jeffrey Epstein could not have preyed on teenage girls without the help of the British socialite. Defense attorneys, meanwhile, said she was wrongfully accused.

The group of 12 navigated by stars to reach safety after a two-month kidnapping ordeal, officials with Christian Aid Ministries, the Ohio-based agency that the missionaries work for, said on Monday.

The former president filed suit on Monday against Letitia James, seeking to short circuit her civil investigation into his business practices.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said she was "satisfied" with the election despite the 30.2% voter turnout being the lowest since the British handed Hong Kong over to China in 1997.

School officials believe that kids can't succeed academically if they are struggling emotionally.