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At least 14 artisanal miners died and eight were injured when the walls of a mine in South Africa caved in on them, police said Tuesday.

China 's launch of a rocket carrying a communications satellite on Monday evening was not successful, state media reported, adding that the cause of the failed launch was under investigation.

Hanwha Defense USA, a subsidiary of South Korea's Hanwha Group, has made an offer to buy Austal USA.

A cargo ship was hit by an unidentified projectile Tuesday while traveling near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in the southern Red Sea, resulting in several casualties.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei on Monday handed more power to political hardliners as he staffed key positions in Iran's security and intelligence establishment, potentially dimming peace prospects as Tehran reaffirmed demands for U.S. concessions ...

The Pentagon's new "realism" policy in the Asia-Pacific rejects moralizing and identifying regional threats, the Pentagon's chief policymaker said in a major speech Monday that omitted references to China's nefarious activities and regional ...

The Pentagon on Monday renamed Joint Base Charleston in honor of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, a longtime South Carolina resident and former Air Force officer.

President Trump on Monday said Iran's demand for compensation over war damage is an "interesting idea" that he will turn into a counter-demand for payment from Tehran for thousands of people killed in regime-sponsored acts of Middle East terror and ...

Qatar has told Iran, the United States and Oman that it will stop shipping altogether rather than pay to cross the Strait of Hormuz, and has proposed an alternative.

The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record started in February, months before it was officially declared in mid-May, the World Health Organization said Monday as responders in eastern Congo struggle to catch up.