A British banker was convicted of murder Tuesday for killing two Indonesian women in Hong Kong, torturing one of them over three days while using cocaine in a gruesome case that shocked the Chinese financial hub.
OPEC has trimmed its forecast for growth in world consumption of crude over the coming decades, but says oil and gas will remain the globe's main sources of energy.
The Albanian soccer federation says the venue for the country's World Cup qualifying match against Israel has been changed for "security reasons." Saturday's match had been scheduled to be held at the Loro Borici Stadium in Shkoder, 120 kilometers (80 miles) north of the capital, Tirana.
A Pakistani official says Indian troops have again opened fire across the Line of Control in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, killing three civilians and wounding four others.
A German court sentenced a far-right politician to eight months in prison on Monday for displaying a Nazi-style tattoo, siding with prosecutors and stiffening the suspended term he originally received.
Ukraine's president has suggested former Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili is stepping down as governor of Odessa region to boost his own political career.
A community leader says Nigerian security forces are trying to disarm explosives planted on a state-owned oil pipeline that has been attacked by militants twice recently.
More valleys, fewer chocolate peaks: The maker of Toblerone Swiss chocolate says it's widened the spaces in its iconic, triangle-array bars for some discount shops in Britain to keep prices down.
Interpol has suspended applications from Palestine, Kosovo and Solomon Islands to join the international police organization, a decision hailed by Israel as a "triumph" for its diplomacy.
An Egyptian court has upheld a ruling by a lower tribunal that annulled President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi's decision to transfer two strategic islands to Saudis.
Iran has signed a preliminary $4.8 billion agreement with the French oil company Total — Tehran's first such deal after the nuclear accord with world powers removed international sanctions that had squeezed its oil-based economy.
A Cambodian court has found the country's exiled opposition leader guilty of defamation for alleging that a senior government official sought to inflate Prime Minister Hun Sen's online popularity by buying "likes" for his Facebook page.
