North Korea claims successful test of rocket engine

North Korea claims to have successfully conducted a ground test of a new type of high powered rocket engine, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Tuesday.

Angela Merkel's party slumps as far-right surges in Berlin election

Germany's two largest parties were facing up to losses in the nation's capital Monday after large numbers of Berliners turned to the far-right.

Anti-Duterte senator removed from committee investigating killings

A longtime critic of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has been ousted as the head of a committee investigating hundreds of extrajudicial killings during Duterte's ongoing war on drugs.

National security moves to the top of 2016 campaign

Six days before the crucial first presidential debate, Donald Trump is using a spate of bombings and stabbings to build an interlocking argument on two issues where he thinks tough talk gives him a winning hand -- immigration and terrorism.

New York bombing: Investigators search for suspects, motive

A day after a bombing injured 29 people in a New York City neighborhood, surveillance videos show the same man near the site of the explosion and another location where a pressure-cooker device was found four blocks away, multiple local and federal law enforcement sources told CNN.

Philippines' Rodrigo Duterte wants 6 months to tackle drug problem

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte wants six more months to "put everything in order" regarding his country's drug problems.

Vladimir Putin's party winning in Russian parliamentary elections

Russian President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party is winning Sunday's parliamentary elections, despite the presence of hundreds of opposition candidates on the ballot.

Syria ceasefire under threat after US-led strikes kill regime troops, Russia says

One day after coalition airstrikes bombed Syrian government troops, warplanes made multiple attacks against rebel strongholds in eastern Aleppo on Sunday.

Soldiers killed in army base attack in Indian-administered Kashmir

India's Home Affairs Minister is calling Pakistan a terrorist state, but stops short in blaming the country for the deaths of 17 soldiers who were killed when militants attacked an army camp in Indian-administered Kashmir early Sunday morning.

New York explosion leaves dozens injured

A explosion in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York on Saturday night injured at least 25 people, the fire department said.