Russian or Syrian warplanes knocked two hospitals out of service in the besieged rebel sector of Aleppo on Wednesday and ground forces intensified an assault in a battle which the United Nations said had made the city worse than a slaughterhouse. Two patients died in one of the hospitals and...

At least two people were reportedly shot at a South Carolina elementary school on Wednesday. It's unclear if the victims are teachers, students or others. Police are responding to the incident at Townville Elementary School. Fox Carolina News reported that a suspect is in custody....

Philippine officials said a notorious Chinese drug lord was killed Wednesday in a riot at the national prison that injured four other inmates -- among them a convict sought as a witness in a Senate inquiry into a bloody crackdown on illegal drugs. Local media reported that Tony Co, among the...

South Korea said on Wednesday that 13 automakers will recall some 110,000 vehicles equipped with Takata Corp's (7312.T) defective air bags, the latest development in a long-running safety crisis involving the Japanese company. The United States in May announced a new round of recall of...