The deadly US attack on a hospital in Afghanistan, which US officials have called a "mistake", leaves open the possibility that the decision to open fire exceeded the authority under which US forces have operated since their combat mission ended nearly a year ago, officials say.
The Syrian army and allied militia, backed by Russian airstrikes, carried out ground attacks on insurgent positions in Syria on Wednesday in what appeared to be their first major coordinated assault since Moscow intervened last week, a monitor said.
Singapore's Foreign Ministry has sent a formal request to Indonesia for the names of companies suspected of contributing to haze pollution, the ministry said on Wednesday.
Nearly 30 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine, elk, deer, boar and wolves are thriving in the exclusion zone deserted by humans, researchers have reported in an international study.
Authorities in Eastern Europe working with the FBI have interrupted four attempts in the past five years by gangs with suspected Russian connections that sought to sell radioactive material to Middle Eastern extremists.
US authorities charged a former president of the United Nations General Assembly, a billionaire Macao real estate developer and four others on Tuesday for engaging in a wide-ranging corruption scheme.
The Carolinas saw sunshine on Tuesday after days of inundation, but it could take weeks to recover from being pummeled by a historic rainstorm that caused widespread flooding and 17 deaths.
United States Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker began her two-day visit to Cuba with a tour of the country's first special economic zone on Tuesday.
The Afghan Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that 58 Taliban militants have been killed in cleanup operations in 10 out of the country's 34 provinces.
On the long train ride between Beijing and the southern city of Nanning, some Chinese war veterans sat and reminisced.
Smartphones and tablet computers may have revolutionized language learning in the digital age, but many people still prefer the old-fashioned way of honing their communication skills - English corners.
Street performers say licenses provide a place to show off their talentsand some much-needed social recognition, reports Li Xueqing in Shanghai.
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