A Taliban attack in central Afghanistan on Monday killed scores of security personnel, officials said, with some estimates putting the death toll at more than 100, amid government silence about one of the most deadly insurgent attacks in months. Attackers rammed a captured military Humvee...

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Tuesday that misconduct by security forces reacting to protests over fuel price hikes would be investigated, but he added the increases were the right thing to do. "Violence or misconduct by our security forces is unacceptable and a betrayal of the...

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province early Tuesday, the country's meteorology and geophysics agency said. The epicenter was located 64 miles (103 kilometers) southwest of Sumba Barat district of the province at a depth of 6 miles (10 kilometers). There...

The president of Burkina Faso on Monday appointed a new prime minister following the resignation of the former prime minister. Prime Minister Paul Kaba Thieba and the government resigned Friday. Thieba did not give an explanation but a rising wave of terrorist attacks is thought to be...

The United Nations warned Monday that trade disputes, climate change and a me-first attitude to addressing global problems were threatening prospects for world economic growth. The global economy is expected to continue growing at a steady pace of around 3 percent in 2019 and 2020 but there...

A gasoline pipeline explosion in central Mexico last week killed at least 89 people, the country's health minister said on Monday, while an official with the state-owned oil company defended its response to the leak. There were also 51 people injured, Health Minister Jorge Alcocer told a...

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held talks on North Korea with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts ahead of a summit between Pyongyang's leader and the US president, the State Department said Monday. The phone calls, which took place on January 20, come after President Donald Trump...

The Afghan Taliban said on Monday they have resumed talks with the U.S. envoy in Qatar. In a short message, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed noted talks in Doha will continue on Tuesday.  "Following American acceptance of the agenda of ending invasion of Afghanistan and...

A group of soldiers calling for an uprising against the Venezuelan government were reportedly arrested on Monday. "A small group of soldiers were arrested who betrayed their oath of allegiance to the homeland," said a statement published on Twitter accounts of Television of Venezuela and...

The Thai government's chief peace negotiator has reiterated that he is "ready to sit and talk with anybody," according to media reports on Monday. Gen. Udomchai Thammasaroraj's statement comes after Mara Patani -- a separatist umbrella group which claims to be a political wing of insurgent...

Sudanese opposition groups vowed Monday to continue protests for the resignation of President Omar al-Bashir amid public anger over chronic economic woes.  "Our cause is sincere and we will not lose hope even if demonstrations continue for years,” the Sudanese Professionals Association...

Venezuela's deputy to the National Assembly for Petare on Sunday said the army will see that they have been supporting the "wrong" political regime which has been "usurping" power. Referring to a major opposition rally slated for Jan. 23, Miguel Pizarro said it will be the day the citizens...

Police and soldiers are being deployed in large numbers to Brazil's northeast to fight a wave of gang violence fueled by the overloaded, collapsing prison system. More than 400 elite federal troops have been sent to the city of Fortaleza and the rest of Ceara state to reinforce overwhelmed...

Some 31 Rohingya refugees have been living in inhuman conditions between the Bangladesh and India border for the last three days, according to local media reports on Monday. Indian Border Security Force (BSF) tried to push them over border line while Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) foiled the...

The death toll in the Democratic Republic of Congo from Ebola has risen to 370 since the start of an outbreak in late July last year, the country’s Health Ministry said on Monday. Among 685 cases of reported hemorrhagic fever, 636 were confirmed to be Ebola cases, according to the ministry....

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand said her prior hawkish immigration stances, including opposition to giving “amnesty to illegal aliens,” were lacking in empathy. The newly announced Democratic presidential hopeful from New York, who’s moved left since her time representing a more conservative...

House Democrat on Sunday offered a path for a deal to end the almost month-long partial government shutdown, focused on a permanent solution for so-called “Dreamers” rather than the three-year reprieve offered by President Donald Trump. “Let’s go back and forth on this and see where we can...

At least 71 people were killed after a pipeline ruptured by suspected fuel thieves exploded in central Mexico, authorities said on Saturday, as President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador defended the army despite its failure to clear the site before the blast. Forensic experts filled body bags...

Leading US Senator Lindsey Graham vowed Sunday to urge President Donald Trump to meet Imran Khan to boost Washington's Afghanistan peace efforts, calling the Pakistani prime minister an "agent of change". The Republican -- an influential ally of Trump -- made the comments in Islamabad after...

Pakistan and the U.S. on Sunday reaffirmed their commitment to advance the ongoing peace process in Afghanistan, said the U.S. Embassy in the capital Islamabad. According to an embassy statement, the endorsement came during meetings of visiting U.S. special envoy for Afghan reconciliation...