More than 90 people have died in a gas explosion in a coal mine in northern China, the worst mining disaster in the country since 2009.

China has pressured Taiwan by increasing its military presence around the Pratas Islands, and Taipei is on high alert for further Chinese actions.

Worshippers from around the world have gathered in Islam’s holiest city amid regional conflicts and tightened restrictions. (AP Video: Baraa Anwer and Altaf Qadri)

A nine-story building under construction in a city north of the Philippine capital of Manila collapsed before dawn and at least 21 people were missing Sunday morning, authorities said.Rescuers were “hearing voices” in the rubble,

Violence broke out in Belgrade Saturday night (May 23) after a large anti-government demonstration in the city center.

Palestinian conflict, some Arab and Jewish entrepreneurs are partnering across the divide, hoping to prove what's possible.

The president of Iran’s soccer federation said Saturday that the Iranian national team will move its World Cup base camp from the U.S. to Mexico, though neither FIFA nor the Arizona facility that spent months preparing to host the team has confirmed the switch.

Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the former head of Turkey’s opposition CHP party, is seeking state help to take control of party headquarters after a court ordered his reinstatement and removed Ozgur Ozel as its leader.