A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia, triggering a tsunami warning. No casualties or damage were immediately reported.

US President Donald Trump said he plans to declare the Strait of Hormuz a US territory. Follow for live news updates.

Five years after regaining power, the hard-line Islamist regime has formalized a women’s rights rollback in a sprawling penal code that experts say makes it almost impossible for women to escape abuse.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stayed away from Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni Shrine, apparently to prioritize diplomatic relations with China and South Korea, but did not mention her country’s wartime past in Asia or remorse over it in an address Saturday as Japan marked the 81st anniversary of its surrender in World War II.

Artworks by Henri Mattise, Paul Cezanne and Pierre-August Renoir stolen in two separate cases have been recovered in Brazil and Italy.

The West Bank has become more dangerous for Palestinians as Israel, under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has approved more than 100 new settlements. Extremist settlers routinely enter Palestinian towns,

As Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers mark five years since sweeping back to power, some Kabul residents stressed that the leaders should now focus on creating jobs and expanding access to schools in the country where girls above the age of 12 are banned from education.

The Latvian military said a drone that entered the country's airspace overnight was shot down by NATO Baltic Air Policing jets.