Two soldiers and 15 Boko Haram fighters were killed Thursday as the Nigeria-led multinational troops repelled an attack by militants in Abadam town of the country's northeastern Borno state, an army spokesman said Friday. "During the fierce battle, the troops killed 15 of the insurgents,...

India signed a deal to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets from France on Friday for around $8.7 billion, the country's first major acquisition of combat planes in two decades and a boost for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plan to rebuild an ageing fleet. The air force is down to 33 squadrons,...

U.S. authorities reopened a terminal at LaGuardia Airport in New York on Friday after an abandoned vehicle prompted its evacuation, media reported. Authorities evacuated Terminal B at about 11 p.m. local time after a car was left unattended with its doors open, several media outlets...

South Korea said cash withheld by Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd (117930.KS) and support from its parent group should roughly meet funding needed for unloading cargo from vessels operated by the troubled container line. In a statement prepared for a briefing on the collapse of the nation's biggest...