Only two years ago the leaders of North and South Korea shared drinks, laughs and vows for peace during three highly orchestrated summits that lowered fears of war that had risen as Pyongyang pursued an arsenal of nuclear missiles.

Philippine tycoon Eduardo ?Danding? Cojuangco Jr., a key ally of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos and a low-key businessman who led a food and beverage empire that produced San Miguel beer, has died. He was 85.

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An Indonesian court on Wednesday sentenced three Papuan pro-independence activists to nearly yearlong jail terms on treason charges for organizing anti-racism protests last year, despite calls from rights groups and politicians to drop the charges and release them.

Christian Coleman, the reigning world champion in the 100-meter dash, was suspended Wednesday by the Athletics Integrity Unit for missing drug tests.

An Arab Israeli diplomat once deployed abroad to push back against Israel’s critics says he was beaten by security guards at Jerusalem?s central bus station last week in what he believes was a case of ethnic profiling.

Forced to stay home for weeks without any source of income, Zimbabwe?s sex workers, like many other informal traders, are beginning to defy the country’s lockdown and return to the streets.

The wife of a U.S. Congressman from Kentucky died unexpectedly in the family?s home Tuesday night at the age of 39, news outlets reported.

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Demonstrators in Richmond tore down another Confederate statue in the city Tuesday night, news outlets reported.