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The first people showed up at the bank long before dawn, forming a line in the cold and the smog and silently waiting for the chance to withdraw their own money.

Australia's prime minister on Wednesday took delivery of the air force's first Boeing P-8A surveillance and anti-submarine aircraft which will take a front-line role in preventing asylum seekers from reaching the Australian coast by boat.

Afghan security officials have confirmed that at least four security forces were killed when their vehicle was attacked by a suicide bomber in the capital Kabul.

Indonesian police on Wednesday named the minority Christian governor of the country's capital as a suspect in a blasphemy investigation in a major test of the Muslim-majority nation's reputation for religious toleration.

Britain's Prince William has arrived on his first visit to Vietnam where he will take part in an international conference on illegal wildlife trade in the fight to protect elephants, rhinos and other endangered species from extinction.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the country's powerful army chief left Wednesday for a strategically located secret area bordering India to witness a military exercise of ground and air power amid increasing tension with India over Kashmir.

Former Ecuadorean President Sixto Duran-Ballen has died at age 95.

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One in three people in Europe and Central Asia see corruption as one of the greatest challenges for their countries, but a similar number fear retaliation of they speak out against it, according to a study released Wednesday by an international corruption watchdog.

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The presidents of Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador say better coordination between police and military forces patrolling their borders will bring success against the gangs plaguing their countries.

A passenger rose from his seat and shot two thieves to death as they tried to rob people aboard a bus on the outskirts of Mexico City, police said Tuesday.

Russia announced a major air offensive in Syria on Tuesday as Syrian opposition activists reported the first airstrikes in three weeks in the besieged, rebel-held part of the northern city of Aleppo.

A pair of pear-shaped diamond earrings sold at Christie's on Tuesday for 17.57 million Swiss francs ($17.6 million) including fees, falling well short of the pre-sale estimate and suggesting that the auction house may have misjudged the market for that piece.

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has returned home after a weeklong stay at a private clinic in France.

A local protest has temporarily suspended train service taking tourists to the ancient Incan citadel of Machu Picchu, the most visited place in Peru.

The Cuban government has pardoned 787 common prisoners at the request of Pope Francis.

French authorities say four men have been detained in an investigation into a failed attack last year on a suburban Paris church.