Pakistan's military says Indian troops have conducted "unprovoked" cross-border firing in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, triggering an intense exchange of fire, but there was no word on casualties on either side.
Marzia and her husband Qadeer thought themselves lucky when they moved into a 1,700-year-old Buddhist cave hand-carved into the side of a mountain in Afghanistan's central highlands — it was clean and dry, warm in the winter, cool in the summer, and there was plenty of work on the local farms.
For the fourth straight weekend, masses of South Koreans were expected to descend on major avenues in downtown Seoul demanding an end to the presidency of Park Geun-hye, who prosecutors plan to question soon over an explosive political scandal.
Police say rebels have ambushed two Indian army vehicles and killed at least three soldiers and critically wounded four others in India's remote northeast.
Family members and followers of Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos have gathered for a vigil at his tomb a day after his secrecy-shrouded burial at the country's Heroes' Cemetery triggered protests.
The island nation of Kiribati has established a large shark sanctuary that will help ensure the creatures are protected across much of the central Pacific.
The former president of the Ecuadorean Soccer Federation was convicted of money laundering Friday and given a 10-year sentence in a case tied to the corruption scandal at FIFA, the sport's international governing body.
Tens of thousands of Argentines protested Friday to pressure lawmakers into backing a measure intended to address rising poverty in the South American nation.
Two nephews of Venezuela's first lady who were charged with conspiring to send drugs to the United States were convicted on Friday by a jury that found evidence of the crime even though the government's star witness came across to at least one juror as "slime."
The United States is seeking to impose sanctions on South Sudan's rebel leader, army chief of staff and information minister for obstructing peace in the world's newest nation.
French authorities say a teenager was arrested this week for allegedly being linked to a French jihadi who claimed responsibility for the Bastille Day truck attack in Nice on behalf of the Islamic State group.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is vowing to have congress ratify a modified peace deal with the nation's largest rebel group rather than submit it again to voters, who rejected the first pact last month.
Iraqi Christians who survived living under Islamic State rule in occupied territories are now speaking about the various ways they were brutally tortured and threatened by the radical extremists, and have revealed some of the humiliating and degrading acts they were forced to commit.
A Canadian man who killed a lighting technician in a deadly shooting at a rally following the 2012 election of Quebec's separatist premier has been sentenced life in prison with no eligibility for parole for at least 20 years.
