A court in Singapore has sentenced the founder of a website that published anti-foreign content to eight months in jail after he pleaded guilty to sedition.
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi is calling for world leaders to agree on what ails the global economy and take more concrete action to promote growth and jobs.
The European Union ratcheted up pressure Tuesday on the U.K. to trigger negotiations to leave the bloc and end the uncertainty that has rattled stock markets.
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has called for "transparency" in the upcoming trial of 48 suspects who stormed Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran in January.
Yemeni security officials say an airstrike by a Saudi-led coalition targeting Shiite rebels in the southern province of Taiz has killed 25 people — 15 fighters and 10 civilians.
Mongolians vote in parliamentary elections Wednesday with sentiment weighed by a sharp downturn in the landlocked Asian nation's crucial mining sector, rising unemployment and political disillusionment.
Police in Bahrain say they have made a series of arrests over people "misusing social media" amid an intensifying crackdown on dissent in the tiny island kingdom.
British and European stocks are rising, as is the pound, after a bruising two days in which investors fretted over the consequences of Britain's vote to leave the European Union.
South Korea's government lowered growth outlook for Asia's fourth-largest economy and planned a supplementary budget for a second year in a row as the global economy faces heightened uncertainty.
European Union lawmakers are meeting in emergency session to discuss the U.K.'s unprecedented vote to leave the EU, set to call for Britain to trigger the exit process immediately.
Lebanon's army says it has detained over 100 Syrians for illegal entry into the country, following a series of bombings the previous day that shook a village near the border with Syria.
Gaza's Hamas rulers have thanked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for his support following a reconciliation pact with Israel that Ankara says will help alleviate hardships in the isolated coastal strip.
As Palestinians in the West Bank fast from dawn to dusk in scorching heat during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, tens of thousands of people have been affected by a drought that has greatly reduced the flow to their taps.
Claudia Medina Tamariz was asleep in her home in the Gulf coast port of Veracruz with her husband when Mexican marines burst in and arrested them both in August 2012.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's security agencies allegedly have ramped up their intimidation of American diplomats across Europe in ways that would be illegal in the United States: harassment, breaking and entering, and in at least one case, killing a man's dog.