Chinese authorities have formally arrested China's most prominent woman human rights lawyer, accusing her of subverting the state, her lawyer said on Wednesday, as part of a crackdown on activists who have helped people fight for their legal rights. The lawyer, Wang Yu, was taken into custody...

At least 15 Yemeni civilians were killed in an airstrike by a Saudi-led military coalition outside the capital, residents said Wednesday, as prospects for a new round of U.N.-sponsored talks to end the war in Yemen dimmed. A spokesman for the coalition said the reports of the...

Turkish authorities detained three Russian nationals suspected of links with Islamic State following a suicide bomb attack in Istanbul that killed 10 tourists, media reports said on Wednesday. A suicide bomber thought to have crossed recently from Syria killed nine German and...

A suspected suicide bomb blast Wednesday killed at least 14 people close to a polio eradication center in Pakistan's western city of Quetta, police said, with most of those killed policemen detailed to guard vaccination workers. At least 12 policemen, one paramilitary officer and one civilian...