Syrian media activist Hadi Abdallah has won a prestigious international reporting award for covering his country's war from its shattered, opposition-held areas.
Prince Harry condemned the media for subjecting girlfriend Meghan Markle to "a wave of abuse and harassment," issuing a highly unusual statement Tuesday that confirmed his relationship with the American actress and expressed concern for her safety.
Nigeria's Shiite movement says the army is planning attacks on processions scheduled Nov. 20, and the London-based Islamic Human Rights Commission is asking Nigeria's president to ensure protection.
India's prime minister has announced the scrapping of high denomination 500 and 1,000 rupee currency notes in what he describes as a major step in the battle against undeclared earnings, corruption and fake currency.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Tuesday he never intended to influence the U.S. presidential election by publishing copies of emails linked to Hillary Clinton and suggested he would do the same to Donald Trump, if he could.
North Korea could make its own voice heard as Americans head to the polls on Election Day, as the rogue nation reportedly plans a new mid-range missile launch serving as a warning sign to whoever succeeds President Obama.
Iraqi investigators were probing a mass grave on Tuesday discovered by troops advancing on the Islamic State-held city of Mosul, where soldiers have captured a sliver of land but later halted their advance.
A report by a retired judge has strongly criticized London's Metropolitan Police over a child abuse investigation that saw several prominent people publicly identified as suspected pedophiles.
Authorities have identified a Belgian named Oussama Atar as the possible organizer of deadly Islamic State attacks on Paris and Brussels over the past year.
Several newly-elected mayors on Tuesday boycotted the swearing-in of a convicted war criminal as new mayor of the western Bosnian town of Velika Kladusa.
A top European Union official warned Turkey on Tuesday that its crackdown on political opponents and the media go against EU values and give the impression that it no longer wants to join the bloc.
German authorities arrested five men Tuesday on allegations they aided the Islamic State group in Germany by recruiting members and providing financial and logistical help.
South Korea's president said Tuesday she will allow parliament to choose her prime minister, a major political concession to growing anger as she scrambles to defuse an escalating influence-peddling scandal.
The Philippines' Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos can be buried at a heroes' cemetery, a decision that opponents said rolled back the democratic triumph of the "people power" revolt that ousted the strongman three decades ago.
Egypt's shares have risen for the fourth successive business day, signaling an improvement in investors' confidence following last week's currency float.