An opposition lawmaker in Kosovo used tear gas on Tuesday to disrupt the work of a parliamentary commission on a border demarcation agreement with neighboring Montenegro — a protest seen on live television.
A state-owned newspaper in the United Arab Emirates is reporting that two maids from Sri Lanka have been charged with theft over allegedly stealing from a Dubai palace belonging to a member of the city-state's ruling family.
Mexican authorities evacuated people from low-lying areas around the resort city Cabo San Lucas as a slightly weakened Tropical Storm Javier churned near the tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula.
Human Rights Watch says the dismissal by Egypt's president of the country's top anti-graft official and his subsequent conviction for "disseminating false news" violated free speech and set a dangerous precedent.
Emerging from the shadows, Paul Pogba — a red devil emblazoned on the side of his head — removed his hood, looked straight into the camera and uttered the words Manchester United fans had been waiting to hear: "I'm back." With that 26-second video teaser released by United early Tuesday, the France midfielder became the world's most expensive footballer at around 105 million euros ($116 million) and England's biggest club made another statement of intent during its latest offseason of heavy spending that moved close to $200 million.
India's prime minister has appealed to residents of Indian-controlled Kashmir to shun violence as the Himalayan region remained under a security lockdown and curfew.
The Gaza Strip is a prosperous territory with lush lawns and gleaming high-rises — at least that's the image in a sleek campaign video made by activists of the territory's ruling Islamic militant Hamas group.
Iraq's parliament has voted to strip the house speaker of immunity, paving way for an investigation of his actions following corruption charges raised by the defense minister last week.
An Afghan official says at least one civilian has been killed in an explosion caused when a suicide bomber carried out an attack at a crowded market in northern Balkh province.
The Maldives' parliament has passed a law that criminalizes defamation and allows for jail terms and steep fines for journalists, despite local and international concern that it will be a setback for freedom of speech in the country.
The American University of Afghanistan says it will reopen three days after two of its employees, an American and an Australian, were kidnapped at gunpoint in the capital, Kabul, by men in military uniforms.
A Philippine historical commission, former human rights victims and left-wing groups are opposing President Rodrigo Duterte's approval of a plan to bury late dictator Ferdinand Marcos in a heroes' cemetery, reigniting a politically divisive and emotional debate.
South Sudan's foreign minister says the country has requested $1.9 billion from the Chinese government to develop oil fields and infrastructure projects.
Macedonian authorities have raised the death toll from a heavy storm that hit the capital Skopje over the weekend to 22 and say a 16-month-old girl still remains missing.
Syrian activists say government warplanes are bombarding opposition-held parts of the northern city of Aleppo even as the United Nations is calling for a "humanitarian pause" in fighting so that electricity and water networks can be repaired.