In what may be a sign of a cultural shift in India, well-known Bollywood filmmaker Mahmood Farooqui has been convicted of raping an American researcher.
Islamist terrorist group Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for two suicide car bombings Sunday in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, an attack that left five civilians and a police officer dead.
As Turkey returns to some degree of normality following the July 15 coup attempt, which claimed the lives of 246 people and 24 coup plotters, the government has wasted little time in their response.
Dozens of families have started to trickle out of war-ravaged Aleppo, days after the Syrian army announced it had encircled the city and cut off rebel supply routes, according to reports.
A top leadership candidate in Hong Kong has been banned from running in the upcoming elections after the government declared he "cannot possibly fulfill his duties as a legislator" while also pledging allegiance to his pro-independence party.
A large wing part recently found on a Tanzanian island "highly likely" came from missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, according to Australia's transport minister.
DNC hack is criticized by Clinton camp as Russia interference in U.S. election, to help Trump. But Kissinger, Clinton counselor, OKd similar interference by U.S..
At the same time that political tensions between Washington and Moscow were raging this week, the US and Russia calmly handled the emergency landing of a US military aircraft in western Siberia, according to the Pentagon.
A U.N. humanitarian convoy under military escort came under Boko Haram gunfire during an ambush in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, the United Nations and Nigerian military said Friday. Three humanitarian staff members and two soldiers were injured.
As all eyes turn to Brazil, the host of the 2016 Olympic Games, we bring you an alternative, cultural guide to the country that gave the world Gisele, Pelé and Walter Salles. Watch the video above for your A to Z of Brazil.
