Polls opened in Sri Lanka’s presidential vote on Saturday, AFP journalists saw, marking the island nation’s first election since an unprecedented economic crisis two years ago.

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New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been released from captivity by rebels in Indonesia's restive region of Papua and was in good health despite the 19-month-long ordeal, Indonesian and New Zealand ...

A man convicted of a 1997 murder died by lethal injection Friday in the southeastern US state of South Carolina, the state's first death row inmate executed in 13 years.

A New Zealand pilot released by rebels in the Indonesian province of Papua after more than a year and a half in captivity is "safe and well", Foreign Minister Winston Peters said Saturday.

Atthaya "Jeeno" Thitikul birdied three of her last four holes on Friday to take a one-shot lead over another former world ...

In a small fashion store in Ethiopia's capital, Medanit Woldegebriel's dresses have almost doubled in price in the past two months, sending customers fleeing.

A US soldier who crossed into North Korea last year pleaded guilty to desertion as part of a plea agreement Friday and was sentenced to 12 months of confinement, his lawyer said.

Rebels in Indonesia's restive region of Papua have released New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens from captivity, Indonesian police said Saturday, more than a year and a half after he was kidnapped.

Leading second-round scores on Friday in the LPGA Queen City Championship in Cincinnati, Ohio (USA unless noted, par-72): ...

Prominent climate activist Hoang Thi Minh Hong has been released from prison in Vietnam, her husband told AFP on Saturday, a year after she was jailed for tax evasion.

Japanese authorities told tens of thousands of people to evacuate the quake-hit region of Ishikawa on Saturday as heavy rain lifted river levels, raising flooding fears.