Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai has visited the office of the International Justice Mission in Kenya's capital and offered condolences for the human rights lawyer and two other men whose killings have caused an uproar.
The United Nations peacekeeping chief says the official government death toll of 272, including 33 civilians, in the recent fighting in the capital is likely "only the tip of the iceberg." Herve Ladsous told the Security Council Wednesday that while a cease-fire in Juba, the capital, appears to be holding since it was declared Monday night, further clashes cannot be ruled out.
With the British pound at multidecade lows after the Brexit vote, many travelers—especially North Americans—are making last-minute plans to take a newly affordable British vacation.
Turkey's state-run news agency says prosecutors are seeking several consecutive life sentences for dozens of suspects accused of involvement in twin suicide bombings that killed 103 people outside Ankara's train station last year.
Ambassadors from NATO nations are meeting with Russian envoys to explain decisions taken at the recent alliance summit and attempt to reduce tensions with Moscow.
Slovenia's Finance Minister Dusan Mramor has resigned citing "entirely personal reasons." Mramor, 62, was considered one of the most influential members of Prime Minister Miro Cerar's center-left government.
The United Nations envoy to Libya says its reconstituted army could be decentralized, an idea aimed at easing the political gridlock surrounding an internationally-backed unity government.
The United Nations envoy to Libya says its reconstituted army could be decentralized, an idea aimed at easing the political gridlock surrounding an internationally-backed unity government.
China warned other countries Wednesday against threatening its security in the South China Sea after an international tribunal handed the Philippines a victory by saying Beijing had no legal basis for its expansive claims there.
Germany's defense minister says Britain's decision to leave the European Union offers an opportunity to press ahead with greater military cooperation in the bloc.
A senior Burundian member of the East African Legislative Assembly was shot dead Wednesday in what authorities called an assassination amid the country's political unrest.
Four days of deadly clashes between anti-India protesters and government troops have left hospitals in India's portion of Kashmir overwhelmed, with hundreds of wounded patients pouring in, doctors said Wednesday. The violence has left at least 31 dead and more than 1,400 injured.
The European Union's executive arm on Wednesday proposed a continent-wide asylum system that aims to speed up procedures and deter immigrants from "asylum shopping," where applicants go from one EU country to another seeking the best deal.
Congo's leading opposition party says it is unconvinced by assurances that President Joseph Kabila will abide by the constitution ahead of a presidential election.