Two were killed and another survived a lethal kinetic strike on an alleged drug vessel in the Eastern Pacific, U.S. Southern Command said on Friday.

The bloody crackdown offers hints about growing tensions inside the country’s ruling system as the cleric’s rule comes under strain.

Rescuers were searching for the 82 residents feared buried under heaps of mud and debris, while 24 people managed to escape the disaster, officials said.

China's Defense Ministry says the military's top general is under investigation for serious violations of discipline and law

The Pentagon foresees a "more limited" role in deterring North Korea and shifting more of the responsibility to South Korea, a Pentagon policy document released on Friday said.

To Lam was reelected Friday as general secretary of Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party and appears poised to become the country’s most powerful figure in decades, with analysts expecting him to assume the presidency in a break from Vietnam’s tradition of collective leadership.

A suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest among guests at a wedding ceremony in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least seven people and wounding 25, police said. The attack took place at the home of Noor Alam Mehsud,

A new death toll elevates to 71 the number killed during last week's plaza fire in Karachi, Pakistan, which lacked fire suppression and exits.