Zambians are forming long lines at polling stations in a tight election race for president and parliament that has been marred by violence between rival factions.
A Syrian rescue worker says three civilians, a mother and two children, died in a suspected chlorine gas attack on an opposition-held district in the city of Aleppo.
Turkey's state-run news agency says Turkish jets have raided suspected Kurdish rebel targets across the border in northern Iraq, following a wave of attacks that killed at least 12 people.
Iran's official news agency is reporting that a policeman died and two of his colleagues were wounded when an attacker on a motorcycle threw an explosive device at their car.
Ecuador says it's ready to set a date for Swedish prosecutors to question WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in the South American country's embassy in London for four years.
Ramses Fernandez's most cherished possession is barely larger than a refrigerator, with the legroom of an economy airplane seat and a little more horsepower than a riding lawnmower.
Legislators in St. Vincent and the Grenadines are scheduled to consider a cybercrime bill Thursday that would allow prison sentences of up to two years for online defamation.
A wildlife trade monitoring group has called on Indonesia to take strong action against traders of endangered birds who are driving several species toward extinction.
Fires whipped by high winds ravaged swaths of southern France and Portugal on Wednesday, killing at least four people, burning scores of homes and forcing the evacuation of thousands, including tourists.
The parents of a Colorado man reported killed fighting against the Islamic State group says their son joined Kurdish forces to "fight the evil that is ISIS."
Australia's prime minister says his country's first attempt to conduct a census online will resume two days after it shut down due to system failures that left it vulnerable to cyberattack.
A Canadian class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of an Albertan woman against California-based Niantic Inc., the creator of Pokemon Go, saying she's suffering from an invasion of privacy.