Nicaraguan guerrilla fighter Humberto Ortega, a Sandinista defense minister who later in life became a critic of his older brother President Daniel Ortega, died Monday at 77, Nicaragua's army said.

The Israeli military began what it called a ''limited, localized'' operation against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, carrying out ''targeted ground raids'' in villages close to the ...

Voting in the final phase of the election to choose a local government in Indian-controlled Kashmir began Tuesday in the first such vote since Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government stripped the ...

Evacuation orders and warnings were in place Monday for Southern California residents near a wildfire that is largely contained after the blaze flared up over the weekend.

More than three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Communist Party of China retains a firm grip on power.

A technical issue has paralyzed Metro Transit’s Blue and Green lines, and it is unclear when service will be restored.

Asian shares were mixed on Tuesday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 index regaining some of its sharp losses from a day earlier.