A Taliban attack in central Afghanistan on Monday killed scores of security personnel, officials said, with some estimates putting the death toll at more than 100, amid government silence about one of the most deadly insurgent attacks in months. Attackers rammed a captured military Humvee...

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Tuesday that misconduct by security forces reacting to protests over fuel price hikes would be investigated, but he added the increases were the right thing to do. "Violence or misconduct by our security forces is unacceptable and a betrayal of the...

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province early Tuesday, the country's meteorology and geophysics agency said. The epicenter was located 64 miles (103 kilometers) southwest of Sumba Barat district of the province at a depth of 6 miles (10 kilometers). There...

Swiss banking giant UBS saw its net profits leap by almost five times last year to $4.9 billion (4.3 billion euros) despite "challenging conditions," it said Tuesday. UBS' 2017 results were hammered by US tax reforms that forced banks that operate in the United States to book...