Portugal's foreign minister says the alleged beating of a 15-year-old Portuguese boy by the teenage sons of Iraq's ambassador to Lisbon is "extremely serious." Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva says Portugal may ask for the diplomatic immunity of the diplomat's 17-year-old twin sons to be lifted if prosecutors decide to bring charges.
Nigeria's military says it believes an air strike has fatally wounded Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau and other commanders of the homegrown Islamic extremist movement.
Taiwan's financial regulator says it will investigate Mega Financial Holding Co. after New York state ordered its banking unit to pay a $180 million penalty and install an independent monitor for violating the state's laws against money laundering.
New and more dangerous smuggling practices and attempts to reach Europe by riskier routes have led to a spike in the number of migrants dying as they attempt to cross the Mediterranean, according to a new analysis released Tuesday.
Business activity across the 19-country eurozone grew at a steady but subdued pace in August as the region continued to show little concern about the impact of a British exit from the European Union.
A new study shows that women in Britain earn consistently less once they have children — even though the overall gender pay gap has narrowed over the past two decades.
Pakistan's paramilitary Rangers have shuttered the offices of an ethnic party accused of violence after overnight clashes in Karachi left one person dead and eight wounded.
Iran's parliament has pushed back against the military dismissing its oversight following Russia using an Iranian air base to launch airstrikes on Syria.
As the Islamic State group loses ground in Iraq, the militants are showing strains in their rule over areas they still control, growing more brutal, killing deserters and relying on younger and younger recruits, according to residents who fled battleground territories.
A former pharmaceutical executive who Chinese authorities accuse of embezzling money and fleeing to New Zealand has settled his case for more than $30 million.
At a gasp-inducing 13,000 feet-plus (4,000 meters-plus) above sea level, a post marks the spot where Andean gods are said to dwell at the foot of towering, snow-covered peaks.
Peru's government is advancing in an investigation of alleged police death squads and says it has identified nine officers, including a general, who allegedly masterminded the disappearance of at least 20 civilians since 2012.
A Thai military court on Tuesday began the trial of two foreigners charged with the bombing of a popular shrine in Bangkok's center a year ago that killed 20 people and injured more than 120.
Thousands of children trying to escape gang violence and poverty in Central America have made their way to the United States this year — and there is no sign that the flow is letting up, the U.N.
