Ebrahim Yazdi, the prominent Iranian dissident and former foreign minister who was close to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, has died following a long illness, the semiofficial ISNA news agency reports.
As many as 13 people, including Afghan army soldiers and civilians, were killed and 18 wounded in a suicide car-bomb attack in the southern province of Helmand on August 27, officials said.
Pakistani police used tear gas and batons August 27 to disperse anti-U.S. protesters in the southern port city of Karachi, while in the capital, Islamabad, Pakistan's Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying that it canceled this week's visit by a senior U.S. delegation.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says the firing of three ballistic missiles by North Korea this week was a provocative act but that Washington will continue to seek a peaceful resolution.
Kazakhstan beat Kyrgyzstan 4-1 to capture the inaugural world championship in kokpar, or kok-boru -- an ancient equestrian sport in which a goat carcass is traditionally used as a ball.
Kurt Volker, the U.S. special envoy for efforts to end the conflict in Ukraine, says that the country is not ready yet to join NATO.
Moldova marked the 26th anniversary of its independence from the Soviet Union on August 27 with celebrations that included a folk-costume parade, speeches by political leaders, wreath-laying ceremonies at monuments, and a concert in the capital, Chisinau.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a detailed investigation into a massive fire that broke out in the center of Rostov-on-Don on August 21.
A fire at a munitions depot in northern Azerbaijan has injured six people and forced the evacuation of several areas around the military installation after a series of explosions.
The U.S. State Department says it is "deeply troubled" by the detention of the director of Azerbaijan’s independent Turan News Agency and urged his immediate release.
Unseeded Daria Gavrilova, a Russian-born Australian, upset second-seeded Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia to win her first career Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) title.
Rescuers raced to pull people from cars and homes as flood waters rose across southeast Texas August 27 as Tropical Storm Harvey pounded the region.
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