Initial poll count on Wednesday shows that Egypt's former military chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will sweep the presidential election with an overwhelming majority of votes.
A publicist for actor Paul Walker says the star of the "Fast & Furious" movie series has died in a car crash north of Los Angeles. He was 40.
A Chinese passenger was among 34 people killed when a Mozambique Airlines plane en route to Angola crashed in a game park in northeastern Namibia killing all on board.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Saturday that it had arrested a U.S. Korean War veteran for committing hostile acts against the country under the guise of a tourist.
The holiday shopping season started as a marathon, not a sprint. More than a dozen major retailers opened on Thanksgiving Day through Black Friday.
China, South Korea and Japan discussed modality, or basis guideline, on the trilateral free trade agreement (FTA) at the third round of talks, Seoul's trade ministry said Friday.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Thursday it has evidence of suspicious activity coming from the DPRK's Yongbyon nuclear complex that may indicate it is in operation again.
Some early US shoppers headed to stores on Thanksgiving Day in search of discounted holiday gifts on a day long reserved for American families to bond over turkey and football.
Thailand's embattled Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Thursday breezed through a no-confidence vote in parliament where her party holds a commanding majority, but faced mounting pressure from widening anti-government protests.
The Italian Senate on Wednesday expelled Silvio Berlusconi from parliament following his conviction for tax fraud, in what the centre-right leader called a day of mourning for Italian democracy.
Joseph Biden is expected to seek clarification from China about the recently announced air defense identification zone, but White House officials said that the trip has a far broader agenda.
Iran will pursue construction at the Arak heavy-water reactor, despite a deal to shelve a project.
Twenty-one people were killed Wednesday in separate violent incidents in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, including 13 bodies found in execution-style, police said.
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