A 48-hour truce has been reached between the Syrian army and armed militants in two hot spots in northwest Syria and near the Lebanese border, a monitor group and the Lebanese Al-Manar TV reported early on Wednesday.
Myanmar was evacuating parts of a city on Wednesday after mudslides wiped away hundreds of houses and torrential rain threatened further damage in the worst floods to hit the country in decades.
The Taliban have condemned a "horrific" video that appears to show fighters from the Islamic State group blowing up bound and blindfolded Afghan prisoners with explosives.
A Malaysian opposition party on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Prime Minister Najib Razak and the indebted state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad, saying they had violated electoral rules and a new election should be held.
Thailand's junta leader Prayut Chan-O-Cha has said he may appoint his brother as the next army chief, one of the most powerful jobs in the coup-prone kingdom.
Investigators studying the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 are "really getting closer" to finding out who was behind the attack, said Fred Westerbeke, the Dutch prosecutor leading a criminal investigation into the tragedy.
A bomb blast killed at least 50 people in northeastern Nigeria and hundreds of fighters invaded a town across the border in Cameroon in attacks on Tuesday that witnesses and officials blame on Boko Haram Islamic extremists.
An elderly South Korean man set himself on fire on Wednesday outside the Japanese embassy in Seoul during a protest over Japan's forced recruitment of sex slaves for military brothels during World War II.
A thumb drive and a server containing copies of emails Hillary Clinton sent and received while US secretary of state will be handed over to the FBI, media reports said on Tuesday.
South Korea announced on Wednesday a series of live-fire military drills with the United States as part of a response to a recent landmine attack it blames on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
In the past, when 37-year-old Nepal resident Monica Shahi introduced herself as transgender, people would stare, seeking outward signs. She tired of giving countless explanations about her existence and identity.
Iran's famed carpet weavers are busy at work following the country's historic nuclear deal with world powers, anticipating a boost in exports as sanctions are set to be lifted in the coming months.
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