No precise toll can be ascertained, but a group estimates that protester deaths may have reached 6,000 through Saturday.

Images on social media showed five heads tied with ropes on two wooden posts at a popular whale watching destination in Ecuador's southwest.

S. Korean President Lee on Sat ordered a joint military-police investigation, saying any confirmed civilian operation would amount to a serious crime.

A Hong Kong court convened a hearing Monday to hear arguments about the sentencing of democracy advocate and onetime media magnate Jimmy Lai and his co-defendants, whose convictions under a national security law could land them in prison for life.

The takeover ended one of the worst outbreaks of violence between the central government and the Kurdish-led forces since the end of the civil war just over a year ago.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he plans to speak with billionaire Elon Musk about restoring internet in Iran, where authorities have blacked out services for four days amid ongoing anti-government protests.

Families from one of the few remaining Palestinian Bedouin villages in the dusty corridor between Ramallah and Jericho packed up and prepared to flee their homes Sunday, saying harassment by

Israel’s official state photos from last year portend to show history in the making. They include images of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trips to the U.N. and world leaders convening