Afghanistan's presidential election turnout is unofficially estimated at a little over 2 million voters, an election commission official said Sunday. Tight security ensured Afghanistan's presidential election was held Saturday in relative calm, though several small attacks, low turnout and...

The personal bodyguard of Saudi Arabia's King Salman was shot dead in a personal dispute, state television al-Ekhbariya reported on Sunday. Major General Abdul Aziz al-Faghm was killed in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah, where the government relocates for the summer months, the broadcaster...

Jose Jose, a velvety-voiced Mexican crooner who was wildly popular in Latin America over a 50-year career that spawned love song after love song, has died, the Mexican government and his son said Saturday. He was 71. Jose Sosa Ortiz, known as the "principe de la cancion," or prince of song,...

China's tightly choreographed 70th birthday bash next week risks being upstaged by pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, which offer a starkly different take on the strength and power of the Communist Party being feted in Beijing. As President Xi Jinping gets ready to preside over a huge...