Police in Bahrain are clashing with residents of a besieged town that is home to a Shiite cleric. The cause for the confrontation on Wednesday in Diraz wasn't immediately clear. Residents of the town and activists say that riot police first massed outside, then entered the town. They...

China's smoggiest city closed schools Wednesday, as the country suffered through its sixth day under an oppressive haze, provoking public anger about the slow response to the threat to children's health. Since Friday, a choking miasma has covered a large swathe of northeastern China, leaving...

German police on Wednesday intensified a manhunt for the driver of a truck, who killed 12 people when he mowed into a Berlin Christmas market, and said they were following a number of good leads. After releasing a Pakistani asylum-seeker arrested near the scene, authorities warned that the...

An international watchdog says ISIS militants in Mosul are deliberately targeting civilians who refuse to join them as they retreat ahead of advancing Iraqi forces. Human Rights Watch also says that Mosul civilians are increasingly being caught in the crossfire, and that at least 19 have...