A lawyer for convicted Cosa Nostra "boss of bosses" Bernardo Provenzano says the man who reputedly led the Mafia's powerful Corleone clan has died, a decade after his capture in Sicily following decades of hiding in the countryside.
A recently uncovered note suggests that artist Vincent van Gogh, who famously chopped off his left ear in 1888, likely cut off more of the appendage than was previously thought.
A political party that just left Nepal's coalition government has partnered with the main opposition party to file a no-confidence motion against the prime minister.
Romanian prosecutors say dozens of vulnerable people including children were kidnapped, chained up, fed scraps of food and forced into manual labor or fighting for entertainment over an eight-year period.
An international tribunal made a landmark ruling Tuesday rejecting China's vast territorial claims in the South China Sea, handing the Philippines a victory and dealing a blow to Beijing.
Water cannons and a heavy riot police presence are outside a court in Zimbabwe's capital as the organizer of the country's largest shutdown protest in nearly a decade is set to appear.
Hospitals in India's portion of Kashmir are overwhelmed, with hundreds of wounded patients pouring in as the region reels from days of clashes between anti-India protesters and government troops that have killed at least 31 people.
EU leaders say they have agreed with China to form a working group to discuss Beijing's overproduction of steel, which they say is linked to whether they will grant market economy status to China.
The U.S. military in Africa says it has sent 40 additional soldiers to South Sudan's capital, Juba, to help secure American personnel and facilities in the war-torn city.
An influential Japanese political lobby says it will do its utmost to capitalize on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's election victory to push for a constitutional revision for a more active military role.
Cyprus' government spokesman says the United States is willing help both sides overcome key hurdles holding back progress in talks aimed at reunifying the ethnically split island nation.
Conservative acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is meeting Socialist party leader Pedro Sanchez to wrap up a round of talks with party leaders as he searches for support to form a new government in Spain following a second inconclusive election last month.
Iran's president says the Islamic Republic could restore elements of its nuclear program that were halted under its landmark deal if world powers that backed the agreement don't live up to their end of the bargain.