The death toll from the novel coronavirus outbreak in China rose to 2,945 Tuesday, according to the country's National Health Commission. The commission said 31 more people died in the last 24 hours while 125 new cases were detected by authorities, with the total number of confirmed cases...

The top U.S. general said on Monday that it was unlikely that violence in Afghanistan would go down to zero days after the United States and Islamist Taliban signed an accord. “It is probably not going to zero... to think it is going to go down to zero immediately, that is probably not...

The Taliban said Monday they were resuming offensive operations against Afghan security forces, ending the partial truce that preceded the signing of a deal between the insurgents and Washington. The declaration comes only a day after President Ashraf Ghani said he would continue the...

Heavily armed police were in a standoff Monday with a disgruntled former security guard who took at least 30 people hostage in a Philippines shopping mall. Workers and customers streamed out of the V-Mall shopping centre in Manila early Monday after gunshots rang out and armed officers...