Iran seized a foreign oil tanker as it traveled the strategic Strait of Hormuz carrying some 25,000 barrels of smuggled fuel, state media said.

North Korea's state media released photos Thursday of what it said was the hull of a nuclear submarine. Its leader denounced South Korea's plans to build its own subs as "an offensive act."

Tarique Rahman returned to Bangladesh's capital of Dhaka on Thursday, ending a 17-year exile in Britain, and is favored to become prime minister.

A court in Russia on Thursday convicted a pro-war activist and critic of President Vladimir Putin of justifying terrorism and sentenced him to six years in prison. Sergei Udaltsov, the leader of the Left Front movement that opposes Putin and is affiliated with the Communist Party,

The Australian government has been accused of failing to heed warnings about antisemitic threats ahead of the deadly attack.

Fourteen people were injured in a stabbing attack in a factory in central Japan in which an unspecified liquid was also sprayed, authorities said.

South Korea’s government says it plans to end the waning foreign adoptions of Korean children SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea’s government said it plans to end its waning foreign adoptions of Korean children,

Poland scrambled fighter jets on Christmas morning after detecting a Russian reconnaissance aircraft near its airspace over the Baltic Sea.