A divorce has been granted in the case of a Saudi teenager who was wed to a 70-year-old man, Saudi Arabia's Human Rights Commission told CNN on Wednesday.

Hugo Chavez will not be in Venezuela for inauguration day. Government, opposition differ on what happens next. Chavez's term automatically renews, the government says. But opponents say the constitution makes it clear that's not the case.

Two Indian soldiers died in a firefight with Pakistani army troops in the disputed Kashmir region, the Indian army said Tuesday, amid heightened tensions in the region following a deadly clash two days ago.

Soaring temperatures and strong winds have combined to create a "catastrophic" fire threat across the southeast Australian state of New South Wales.

Amid confusion that there might actually be a human being stuck in a pond, an impressive three fire crews were dispatched, including a water rescue unit, to help a stuck squirrel.

A second coroner's inquest found that singer Amy Winehouse "voluntarily consumed alcohol; a deliberate act that took an unexpected turn and led to her death."

A French-Moroccan family of five was killed Saturday when their plane crashed near the French Alps, authorities said.

-- A Nepalese army colonel will appear in a British court Saturday to face torture charges linked to his alleged actions during his country's civil war, authorities said

Men in a civil union will now be allowed to become bishops in the Church of England, but they are not allowed to have sex.

Lhokseumawe, Indonesia- Authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province are pressing ahead with a proposed Islamic law that would ban female passengers from straddling motorbikes despite reported opposition from the central government.

Northern Ireland police say nine police officers were injured and 18 rioters arrested in the second straight night of violent protests over flying the British flag.

South Africa's president says that Nelson Mandela has recovered from his recent lung infection and surgical procedure to remove gallstones.

The father of Malala Yousafzai, the teenager whom the Taliban tried to kill, has been given a job in a Pakistan consulate in Birmingham, England, where she is recovering from gunshot wounds to her head and neck, Pakistani officials said Wednesday.

A blast killed 20 Shiite pilgrims and injured another 25 in Pakistan's troubled southwestern Balochistan province Sunday, a senior administration official said.

Chilean authorities on Sunday issued a red alert -- the most severe in their warning system -- that the Copahue Volcano, high in the Andes mountains on the border with Argentina, might be poised for a significant eruption.

Migrant workers face difficulties accessing public services due to a household registration system called "hukou," which divides the population into rural and urban residents.

For the third time, Mahmoud Al-Qassab lowers the body of one of his children into the ground. He steps back as neighbors and relatives shovel dirt over his teenage daughter's grave.

Lakhdar Brahimi, the joint U.N.-Arab League envoy, gave a dire warning Sunday on the rapidly deteriorating situation in Syria.

For the third time in six years, no African leader has been deemed worthy of the $5 million Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership, awarded by Sudanese billionaire Mo Ibrahim's foundation.

A young woman who died after being gang-raped and beaten on a bus in India's capital was cremated Sunday amid an outpouring onf anger and grief by millions across the country demanding greater protection for women from sexual violence.

Indian police charged six men with murder on Saturday, hours after a woman who was gang-raped and beaten on a bus in New Delhi nearly two weeks ago died in a Singapore hospital.

A passenger airliner ran off the runway at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport on Saturday, breaking apart and catching fire.

A 23-year-old Indian woman, whose gang rape aboard a bus in New Delhi spawned days of mass protests across India, has "taken a turn for the worse," according to a doctor who is treating her at a Singapore hospital.

Hillary Clinton has been sidelined for three weeks after bouts with the stomach flu, and a concussion when she fainted. She'ss promised to testify next month before congressional committees about the attack on the US diplomatic office in Benghazi, Libya.

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy signed a decree putting into effect his country's newly approved constitution, the state-run Egynews reported Wednesday.