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Taiwan says it has shot down an unidentified civilian drone over one of its islands that lies just a few kilometers from mainland China.

China has committed "serious human rights violations" against Uyghur Muslims in its northwestern region of Xinjiang, which may amount to "crimes against humanity" according to a long-awaited report released Wednesday by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

From lush, temperamental fiddle-leaf figs to laidback snake plants, indoor houseplants have become ubiquitous in the homes of many millennials and Gen Z -- particularly as their care became a soothing and serotonin-boosting hobby early in the pandemic.

A Malaysian court on Thursday found Rosmah Mansor, the wife of former prime minister Najib Razak, guilty of seeking and receiving bribes in exchange for government contracts, just days after her husband was jailed for corruption.

China last year registered the fewest marriages since its public records began more than three decades ago -- adding to concerns the country faces a looming demographic crisis.

A dazzling pink diamond, described as one of the world's purest, could fetch more than $21 million when it goes under the hammer in Hong Kong in October, auction house Sotheby's said on Wednesday.

Tug boats refloated an oil tanker that was briefly stranded in Egypt's Suez Canal late on Wednesday due to a technical fault with its rudder, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said.

In the past few weeks, Daniela Jorquera, a 55-year-old Chilean sociologist who defines herself as progressive, started going to rallies to support adopting a new constitution.

India received 3.4% more rainfall than average in August as heavy rains hit central and southern parts of the country, the state-run weather office said on Wednesday.

Australian sailors will soon begin training on the United Kingdom's nuclear-powered submarines as the defense relationship between Britain, Australia and the United States deepens under the AUKUS agreement, the British government announced Wednesday.

A nursing home in southwestern Japan is hiring some unusual new employees: babies.

In the buildup to the current Ukrainian counteroffensive, the US urged Kyiv to keep the operation limited in both its objectives and its geography to avoid getting overextended and bogged down on multiple fronts, multiple US and western officials and Ukrainian sources tell CNN.

A new deal between the United States and China aims to draw a line under one of the biggest disputes in global business: how Chinese companies listed on Wall Street should be audited.

US and South Korean combined forces on Wednesday held their first live-fire exercises since the formation of their unit in 2015, a drill that commanders said showcased the strongest military alliance in the world.

It's hard to sift history's judgment from the hot takes, and Russian President Vladimir Putin's telegram of condolence on the death of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev does little to help.

More than 6 million Venezuelans have fled their country amid deteriorating conditions, matching Ukraine in the number of displaced people and surpassing Syria, according to the United Nations.

Toyota announced plans Wednesday to invest $5.6 billion in new plants to build electric vehicle batteries in Japan and the United States. But unlike other automakers who are going all-in on EVs, Toyota said it's still not convinced that's the best path forward.

Bed Bath & Beyond's stock tumbled in early trading after it announced layoffs, store closures and fresh financing plans as it tries to reverse its business' decline.

The bourbon boom is showing no signs of ending anytime soon: Wall Street is still wild about whiskey. Jack Daniel's owner Brown-Forman reported quarterly results Wednesday morning that easily topped analysts' forecasts.

It took just 24 hours for Iraq's most powerful man to showcase his might on the streets of Baghdad on Monday, in what turned out to be one of the capital's most violent episodes in years.