Anti-ship missiles developed and used by Iran are believed to have been used in an attack against a South Korean vessel in the Strait of Hormuz earlier this month, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.

An Australian government inquiry has heard that a state police force has worked to form a heavily armed rapid response team since the Bondi Beach shooting. The Royal Commission on Antisemitism

Russia's State Duma has passed a law allowing certain financial institutions to operate anti-drone defense systems after attacks on its territory.

A growing Ebola outbreak in Africa is prompting wider global precautions, as health authorities race to contain its spread involving the rare Bundibugyo strain. Blanch Ancla has more.

The U.S. military launched another strike Tuesday on a vessel suspected of transporting drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing one man and leaving two survivors.

Masses of pilgrims in Saudi Arabia threw pebbles at a large pillar in a symbolic ritual on Wednesday, one of the final days of the Hajj as Muslims around the world started celebrating the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha.

A Chinese dissident who fled the country aboard an inflatable boat has been detained in South Korea, with rights groups calling for him to be granted asylum after three previous escape attempts saw him returned to China.

Temperature records are breaking and triggering government warnings, with London hitting 95 degrees the past two days. Experts say unpredictable and extreme weather is becoming more frequent.