A powerful car bomb in western Afghanistan killed at least eight people and wounded dozens more, authorities said Saturday, as the United Nations condemned attacks on civilians in the country.

A powerful car bomb has killed at least eight people and wounded 47 in Afghanistan's western Herat province. The death toll in the explosion late on Friday that also destroyed 14 houses is expected to rise because several of the injured were critical,

Thirty-nine students at a college in Nigeria's northwestern state of Kaduna were unaccounted for following a gunmen attack on Thursday night, a state official said late Friday. Samuel Aruwan, the state's commissioner for internal security and home affairs,

More than 70 people have been killed in Myanmar in widespread protests against a February 1 coup by the military. Saturday's protests erupted after posters spread on social media urging people to mark the death anniversary of Phone Maw,

Hong Kong's High Court on Saturday released on bail three more activists but remanded two in custody in a widely monitored case involving the most sweeping use yet of the city's national security law.

HONG KONG — The Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Saturday expressed strong opposition to statements issued by a very few western countries that openly meddled …

A fired-up Melbourne stayed on track for a NAB AFLW finals berth with a stirring 28-point win against Adelaide in cold, wet conditions on Saturday night. The disciplined Demons dished up Crows-like pressure to dominate the contest 6.

Wet weather played havoc with the Bowls North West first and second semi-finals with all games in Divisions 1, 4 and 5 washed out while Premier League and divisions 2 and 3 went ahead. What happens now is anybody's guess. Ideally it would be better if all …

Wests, Weston Creek Molonglo, and Tuggeranong were all battling it out for top spot at the beginning of the day.

ONE of the Grassmere Cricket Association's greatest teams will use its fourth-straight premiership to springboard into life as a Warrnambool and District Cricket Association outfit. Hawkesdale cemented its status as a bona fide powerhouse on Saturday …