Bushfire conditions eased in Australia on Saturday after a grueling night for firefighters, with authorities saying they expect at least a week of milder weather in which to step up defenses against the huge blazes still burning. Cooler temperatures and rainfall had eased conditions after...

Taiwanese re-elected President Tsai Ing-wen by a landslide on Saturday in a stern rebuke that could fuel further tension with China, which has tried military threats and economic inducements to get the island to accept its rule. Anti-government unrest in Chinese-ruled Hong Kong took center...

Two American soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan on Saturday when a Taliban roadside bomb ripped through an army vehicle, officials said. Two other soldiers were wounded in the attack in Kandahar province, according to NATO's Resolute Support mission in the country.  A...

The death toll from a suicide bombing at a mosque in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta rose to 15 Saturday, officials said. The blast during Friday evening prayers wounded at least 20 other people, police said. "Two of the wounded people died overnight in the hospital," said...