Indigenous-led protesters began a national strike in Ecuador on Wednesday after President Lenin Moreno refused to step down or overturn anti-austerity measures that have triggered the worst unrest in a decade. Streets were empty of traffic and businesses were closed in Quito and other...

At least 30 civilians were killed when the U.S. bombed several alleged drug making facilities in western Afghanistan in May, a U.N. agency said in a report Wednesday, though the U.S. military immediately disputed the findings. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)...

The Hong Kong Squash Open has become the latest international sports event to be called off because of the unprecedented political unrest gripping the city. The international hub has been shaken by four months of massive pro-democracy protests which have seen increasingly violent clashes...

 U.S. border agents arrested or stopped nearly one million undocumented migrants at the southern border with Mexico in the last 12 months, the most in more than a decade, a top official said Tuesday. The surge came amid President Donald Trump's tough efforts to halt illegal...