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Thousands of South Africans are demonstrating for the resignation of President Jacob Zuma, who has been enmeshed in scandals that critics say are undermining the country's democracy.

A court in the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan has sentenced a man to death for killing 10 people in an Islamic extremist attack in the country's largest city earlier this year.

South Korea's biggest political scandal in years includes a bucket of animal slop, an attack with heavy construction equipment on a government building, an abandoned Prada shoe and allegations that a Korean Rasputin has been running the highest office in the land.

India's president has arrived in Nepal for a three-day visit that is mostly a goodwill and pilgrimage trip to the neighboring Himalayan nation.

French authorities have begun busing underage migrants out of Calais to processing centers around France, amid tensions around the closure of Calais' vast migrant camp.

Swiss officials say police are conducting a raid in a mosque in the northern city of Winterthur.

The Hong Kong trial of a British stock trader who murdered two Indonesian women and horrifically tortured one of them, recording the three-day ordeal on his phone, has barely registered in the victims' home country, let alone elicited shock or sympathy.

A Bangladesh court has sentenced a ruling party lawmaker to three years in prison for amassing and concealing wealth worth $100 million.

The Latest on the Iraqi forces' offensive to retake the Islamic State-held city of Mosul (all times local): 10:30 a.m.

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has received a passionate welcome by hundreds of her countrymen in Japan, where she sought their support to promoting development of their country.

An Iraqi special forces general says his troops are holding their positions along Mosul's eastern outskirts as poor weather hampers visibility in operations to rout Islamic State fighters from the country's second-largest city.

South Korean prosecutors requested an arrest warrant Wednesday for a longtime friend of President Park Geun-hye over allegations of influence-peddling and other activities that have triggered a huge political scandal that threatens Park's leadership.

The Latest on the boat capsizing in Indonesia (all times local): 1:30 p.m.

Two newly elected pro-democracy Hong Kong lawmakers barred for insulting China in their swearing-in ceremony have set off another round of disorder by scuffling with guards as they tried to retake their oaths in the chamber.

When airstrikes and artillery began rocking the village of Shura south of Mosul, Barah Hussein Abed and his family moved into a hallway in the center of their home to wait out the barrage.

Indonesian police say at least 20 people have died after a boat carrying migrant workers capsized off the island of Batam.

The Latest on South Korea's political scandal (all times local): __ 3:05 p.m.

Volvo Cars and its Chinese owner are revving up their profile as they focus on selling premium cars in world markets.

On bright-pink billboards across the Nicaraguan capital, President Daniel Ortega looms triumphantly over motorists ahead of next Sunday's vote, where he's considered a shoo-in.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will discuss possible joint military and police operations with Malaysia to quell Abu Sayyaf militant kidnappings of sailors along the countries' sea border, saying that the brazen attacks have paralyzed trade and commerce.