A senior female Pakistani politician has been shot dead in the southern port city of Karachi. Zahra Shahid Hussain was the senior vice-president of Pakistan's Movement for Justice party (PTI), led by former international cricketer Imran Khan.

A Saudi woman has made history by reaching the summit of the world's highest mountain. Raha Moharrak, 25, not only became the first Saudi woman to attempt the climb but also the youngest Arab to make it to the top of Everest.

Updated at 9:56 p.m. ET. DAMASCUS, Va. An elderly driver plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Saturday parade in a small Virginia mountain town and investigators were looking into whether he suffered a medical emergency before the accident.

About 100,000 protesters, led by trade unionists, have rallied in the Italian capital Rome against the policies of the new coalition government.

Nigeria's army has vowed to continue its offensive against militants in the north-east "as long as it takes" to achieve its main objectives.

PARIS - The rush toward France's first same-sex marriage officially began Saturday morning, after President François Hollande signed the country's “marriage for all” act into law.

A German team has developed a faster and more accurate method for providing early warning of an oncoming tsunami, at least for countries that have sizable satellite networks.

Police say there are new suspects in the case of Madeleine McCann—a British child missing since 2007. Scotland Yard officials told Sky News that after a review of the case, they have a list of “people of interest” whom they plan to question in connection with ...

WHITE HOUSE - President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan say the U.S. and Turkey are determined to see Syrian President Bashar al-Assad leave to pave the way for a political transition.

Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier headed to India on Sunday for his first foreign trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute and boost economic ties.

A Chinese man who was abducted when he was five reportedly used Google Maps to reunite with his biological parents. The Daily Mail reports Luo Gang was abducted from his hometown in the Sichuan province while on his way to kindergarten.

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A debate by Afghan MPs about beefing up a law to prevent violence against women has been halted amid angry scenes. Parliament's speaker ended the debate after 15 minutes after traditionalists called for the law to be scrapped.

A cellphone video that appears to show Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine is being shopped around Toronto by a group of Somali men involved in the drug trade.

Saturday morning in the Vatican Apostolic Palace, the Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel was received in audience by Pope Francis, the Vatican said in a statement.