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The United States condemned "unacceptable" violence on the bloodiest day since Kiev's Western-backed government took power, urging both Ukraine and Russia to restore order.

Oil prices edged higher in Asia Monday on escalating violence in crude producer Libya following a coup attempt by a rogue general that has raised concerns about potential supply disruptions, analysts said.

President Hassan Rouhani inaugurated an international conference on Wolrld against Violence and Extremism (WAVE) here on Tuesday.

BJP President Amit Shah on Wednesday said West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and the ruling Trinamool Congress were responsible for the violence, arson, and vandalism at his roadshow held in Kolkata on Tuesday. Addressing reporters in Delhi, he accused the ruling party of attacking his roadshow and also said that he could get away unhurt only because of the CRPF protection. Here's more.

The United States and other foreign powers stepped up pressure on South Sudan's feuding ethnic factions to settle their differences, as Washington dispatched an envoy to the violence-wracked region.

A powerful bomb blast in India's restive northeast -- plagued for decades by separatist violence -- has killed nine labourers and injured about 21 other people, police said Saturday.

Iraqis on Wednesday vote in the first parliamentary election since US troops left in 2011, and as the country experiences a protracted surge in violence.