Dogs and drones have been deployed to search for those trapped under collapsed buildings, with local authorities reporting at least 150 deaths from the nation's strongest earthquake in a decade.

At least 2,000 people have died among the confirmed cases in Congo's Ebola outbreak that is the fastest spreading on record, according to the latest government data.

Turkey's parliament approved legislation that would introduce a conditional pardon for thousands of Kurdish militants in a bid to advance the government's peace initiative with their insurgent group.

Recent polls showed the liberal-leaning Yabloko could have won seats in the parliamentary elections next month.

Shares were mixed in Asia, while oil prices gained more than 2% after jumping the day before due to uncertainty over when the Strait of Hormuz may reopen, getting the global flow of crude going again.

Police say two former Chinese military servicemembers have been arrested in South Korea on espionage charges. Police said Tuesday one is accused of intercepting communications between fighter jets

A gunbattle between rebels and Nigerian security forces has left 10 police officers dead in a remote part of the country’s conflict-battered north, authorities said Tuesday. The clash, which occurred on Monday in the Sakaba council area of Kebbi state also left two civilians and 17 of the rebels dead,

Lebanon's parliament has abolished the death penalty, becoming the first Arab country to replace it with life imprisonment and aggravated hard labor. The country has had an unofficial moratorium