US officials made a rare visit to Myanmar this week to secure the release of an American businessman who had been detained in the war-torn country since June.

Oil prices fell around 1% as additional Saudi crude supplies helped ease disruption fears. Fresh Saudi-Houthi strikes raised concerns that the widening Middle East conflict could further threaten energy supplies.

A third person has died from malaria near Frankfurt's main airport in what officials said is a rare air-travel-related outbreak of the disease.

It is the second consecutive year the State Department has prevented key Palestinian officials from attending the U.N. meeting in New York.

The results of this week’s exceptionally close election dealt a blow to far-right nationalists, who have gained ground elsewhere.

Malaysia’s jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak, a central figure in the country’s biggest corruption scandal, has been granted a bid to serve the remainder of his jail term under house arrest, offering a reprieve for the ex-premier after spending the last four years in prison.

Iranian forces in recent days have brought down at least two American MQ-1 unmanned aircraft, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.

A former Syrian government official who headed the Damascus Central Prison under ousted President Bashar al-Assad and was convicted of torture ​by a US federal jury has been sentenced to 60 years ‌in prison by a US judge,