The sound of automatic gunfire reverberated through Harare on Wednesday as armored military vehicles rolled through the Zimbabwean capital and soldiers fired on opposition activists protesting against alleged electoral fraud. By the time daylight began to fade at least one man had been shot...

Shares in Russian aluminum producer United Company Rusal slipped 0.7 percent in early trading on the Moscow exchange Wednesday after the U.S. Treasury extended the deadline for divesting from the sanctioned company. The U.S. Treasury in April imposed sanctions against billionaire Oleg...

Afghan officials say more than 150 Daesh (ISIS) militants have surrendered to government forces in the face of an onslaught by the Taliban in the northern Jawzjan province. Gen. Faqir Mohammad Jawzjani, the provincial police chief, said 152 fighters surrendered Wednesday, including...

More than 50 boxes handed over by North Korea to the United States last week appear to hold human remains from the 1950-1953 Korean War and are likely American, according to an initial forensic analysis, a U.S. official said Wednesday. A U.S. military transport aircraft on Friday flew...