The White House has issued a letter to former national security adviser John Bolton, seeking to block the publication of his upcoming book, CNN reported Wednesday citing sources familiar with the matter. Axios news outlet also reported that the White House had issued the letter. The reports...

Twenty-six people were killed and 32 injured when a bus and an autorickshaw collided with each other and plunged into a nearby well in India, a local police official said Wednesday. The accident happened in the western state of Maharashtra late Tuesday, Suhas Deshmukh, a local police...

Fifteen people have been killed in the eastern DR Congo region of Beni, where hundreds have died in militia violence since November, a local official said Wednesday, giving a provisional toll. In the past 24 hours, "14 bodies have been found hacked to death," while a pastor was killed in a...

Amid growing concern at the spread of a new virus outbreak in China, international sports have been postponed and Olympic qualifying tournaments are being taken elsewhere. The international ski federation Wednesday canceled the first World Cup races scheduled for testing the mountain venue...