Russia's main security agency has demanded encryption keys to the popular Telegram messaging app, according to the company's founder, as authorities ratchet up pressure on what has grown into a vibrant platform for political discussion in the country.
Saudi Arabia's king has issued an order allowing women to drive cars for the first time.
Russia's Defense Ministry said it tested an intercontinental ballistic missile, as part of wide-ranging drills involving the country's missile forces.
Most of the health facilities in Afghanistan's isolated Uruzgan Province have closed due to threats from the Taliban, local officials said.
The U.S. Supreme Court on September 25 signaled that it may dismiss a constitutional challenge to President Donald Trump's travel ban after he expanded it to cover two countries without Muslim majorities.
The White House has denied an assertion by North Korea's foreign minister that the United States declared war on it, calling the claim "absurd."
Agents of the Russian state have committed serious human rights abuses, including torture, since Russia occupied and seized control of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, a UN human rights report says.
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative alliance has finished first in Germany's elections, exit polls suggest, putting her in a position to lead the country for a historic fourth term.
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