Yemen’s factions battling Iran-backed Houthis share a common enemy but not common goals

Yemeni factions fighting the Iran-backed Houthis are united mainly in one thing — their opposition to the rebels who control the country’s north and have recently advanced along its Red Sea coastline.

Australian executive in Myanmar linked to alleged financial misconduct is freed from jail

An Australian business executive who headed the American Chamber of Commerce in Myanmar has been released from jail after being detained for more than 100 days over financial misappropriation ...

An international media watchdog calls for protection of journalists in Serbia ahead of an election

An international media watchdog has warned that journalists in Serbia are increasingly under threat of violence and hostility ...

NC State basketball champion Phil Spence, who coached in the Triangle, dies at 72

Phil Spence, a member of NC State's 1974 championship basketball team, passed away on Monday at the age of 72.

A mass shooting at a house party in South Africa kills 11, including a pregnant woman

Police and local authorities in South Africa say three gunmen opened fire at a house party and killed 11 people including a pregnant woman. Authorities said Wednesday that three other people were ...

New York City gridlock: Security beefed up at UN this year for General Assembly

Opening day at the United Nations' annual gathering of world leaders saw beefed-up security measures and a suspicious package ...

Mysterious school illness: Nearly 2 dozen students become sick in Kentucky

Nearly two dozen Kentucky high school students got sick Monday, and school officials are still trying to figure out why.

Small bites from the UN: Music, a walkout and fighting gang violence

Donald Trump spoke and made the diplomatic rounds. The U.N. secretary-general gave his final opening speech. And on the grounds of the United Nations, Greenland entered a bit of a new era.

Hundreds without power near Western Boulevard, Cary Towne Boulevard

Hundreds of people are without power in east Cary and west Raleigh on Wednesday morning. At 7 a.m., Duke Energy's outage map showed nearly 700 customers without power in the areas of Cary Towne ...

Talarico works to reach Black voters in his bid to win a US Senate seat as a Democrat in Texas

Juli McShay had a few pointed questions for James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in Texas, when she stood up during a town hall in Houston.

What to know about the agreement signed by President Trump and the leaders of Denmark and Greenland

U.S. President Donald Trump and the leaders of Denmark and Greenland signed an agreement about the status of the Arctic island after months of threats by Trump to seize the semiautonomous territory of ...

Russia pounds Kyiv with drones, killing 2 and wounding 23 hours before Zelenskyy’s UN address

Russia has launched daylight drone attacks on Kyiv, hours before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was to address the U.N. General Assembly. Zelenskyy is at the United Nations in New York to ...