At least 8 people were injured as a vehicle ploughed into pedestrians in central Tokyo where people gathered for New Year festivities, local media reported on Tuesday. According to Japanese Kyodo news agency, police sources say the incident was an act of terrorism. “The police...

Sudan's President Omar Bashir ordered authorities Tuesday to set up a fact-finding committee to investigate violence during anti-government protests that have rocked the African country, state media reported. At least 19 people have been killed and hundreds wounded during the protests...

Germany's foreign ministry said Monday it was providing consular aid to a German man barred from leaving Turkey after the authorities accused him of supporting a terrorist organization on social media. German media reported that Adnan Sutcu, 56, was detained shortly after arriving in...

A regional boss of Iran's state broadcaster IRIB has been fired after inadvertently letting a Jackie Chan sex scene slip through its tight censorship rules, local media reported Monday. Viewers on Iran's Kish Island were shocked when their local TV station showed the martial arts star...