The World Court will hear Russia's objections to its jurisdiction in a genocide case brought by Ukraine in hearings starting on September 18, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) said on August 22.
Pakistani officials said 11 soldiers were killed and three others injured in an armed attack by religious militants early on August 22 in the South Waziristan tribal district of Barah.
A Belarusian court on August 21 sentenced well-known businessman Pyotr Staratsitarau to five years in prison over his posts on Facebook that were critical of the government of authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka.
Polish President Andrzej Duda said on August 22 that is Russia already in the process of shifting some short-range nuclear weapons to neighboring Belarus, a move that Duda said will shift the security architecture of the region and the entire NATO military alliance.
An official says military commandos have rescued two children stuck in a cable car dangling 274 meters above a ravine after a line snapped in a remote part of Pakistan.