Police in southwestern England are investigating an explosion at a defense plant that killed one person and left another in critical condition.

Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard says it has killed 10 militants in a Kurdish region near the border with Iraq.

Mali’s first round of voting last month saw electoral agents killed and voting materials destroyed by extremists linked to al-Qaida. Now on Sunday the country will go for round two.

Japan says it is looking into reports that a Japanese citizen was taken into custody this month in North Korea.

A last-minute technical problem Saturday delayed NASA’s unprecedented flight to the sun.

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Pakistani officials say gunmen killed three police in an overnight attack, while a suicide bomber wounded three Chinese engineers and three paramilitary guards in a separate incident.

Tens of thousands of protesters have gathered in Okinawa vowing to stop a planned U.S military base relocation on the southern Japanese island.

Maria Vadeeva dreamed of playing in the WNBA after growing up watching Diana Taurasi and Lauren Jackson compete in the Russian Basketball League.

Albanian police say they have arrested a 24-year-old man accused of shooting dead eight relatives for still unknown reasons.