An animal welfare activist says that two brown bears are being transported from very poor conditions at an unlicensed zoo in northeastern Poland to a spacious enclosure at the other end of the country.
Japan's parliament is about to approve a law on "integrated resorts" that is the first major hurdle in allowing casinos to set up shop in the wealthy nation.
Montenegro's defense minister says the small Balkan country will decide whether to join NATO in a parliamentary vote and not a popular referendum as sought by the opposition and Russia.
Pakistan's military says it has successfully test-fired a revised version of a locally developed medium-range cruise missile, which can strike targets both on land and sea.
The number of people in work in the U.K. fell for the first time in more than a year in the three months through October, data showed Wednesday, signaling that the labor market may be softening and adding to signs of economic weakness emerging in the aftermath of the Brexit vote.
After the controversial, hard-charging president of the Philippines claimed in a speech that he killed criminals himself and swallowed more painkillers than his doctor allowed, government officials raced into damage control on Wednesday.
Italian Premier Paolo Gentiloni has won a second vote of confidence in Parliament, paving the way for his government to lead Italy until new elections, after his predecessor was humiliated at the polls over proposed reforms.
The family of a U.S pastor imprisoned in Turkey launched a campaign Wednesday for his release, saying the North Carolina native is being held on false terrorism-related charges and that his life is in danger.
About 40 Syrian refugees from camps near Thessaloniki have protested peacefully outside the Russian consulate in the northern Greek port city against Russia's bombardment of Aleppo.
The Islamic State group was manufacturing weapons in and around Mosul on an industrial scale with products largely purchased in bulk from Turkey, according to a report published by an arms research group Wednesday.
Officials say hundreds of mourners are attending a mass funeral for more than a dozen victims of last week's plane crash at a hospital in Islamabad after DNA tests confirmed their identities.
Germany will deport about 50 Afghans on Wednesday after their asylum bids were rejected, a pro-refugee group said, as the government seeks to reduce the number of migrants allowed to remain.
Berlin authorities say they've identified a man suspected of brutally kicking a 26-year-old woman down a flight of stairs in a subway station in the German capital in an assault caught on a surveillance camera.
The United Nations secretary-general says a takeover by Gambia's security forces of the country's electoral commission offices could compromise "sensitive electoral material" as the president refuses to accept being voted out of power.
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