Gunfire could be heard throughout a downtown Minneapolis apartment building as police responded to an active shooting Wednesday that left three people dead, including the suspect, and five others wounded, authorities said.

Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang on Wednesday met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Russia's far eastern city of Vladivostok.

US economist Paul Glewwe and three other researchers were named for the Yidan Prize on Wednesday in recognition of their contributions to improving education through evidence-based research and early childhood development programs.

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the US military is prepared to carry out further strikes against Iran "any time we want," as Tehran vowed to retaliate and accused Washington of targeting civilian infrastructure.

September 2 is not only the day Japan signed the official Instrument of Surrender in 1945, but a milestone in the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War, reminding us of the sacrifices made by the people of Asia and the rest of the world to defeat Japanese fascism and militarism.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is gravely concerned by the renewed exchanges of fire overnight between the United States and Iran, his spokesperson said Wednesday.

India's Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal recently led a roughly 200-member delegation to Japan, making investment pitches in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka.

Britain has launched a 10 million-pound (13.5 million U.S. dollars) three-year hospitality grant scheme to support qualified firms in the sector, a statement from the government's official website showed Wednesday.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 jolted the South Sandwich Islands region at 2346 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

At least one person was killed and six others, including two police officers, were injured in a shooting Wednesday in Minneapolis, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, amid an active-shooter situation, local media reported.

As schools reopened across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for the new academic year, pupils returning to classrooms in the Ebola-hit east found themselves facing a school routine shaped as much by the epidemic as by lessons and textbooks, with handwashing stations, temperature checks and

Two Turkish-flagged ships collided in the Sea of Marmara off Istanbul early Wednesday, leaving 10 crew members missing, Turkish authorities said.According to the Istanbul Governor's Office, the incident occurred at around 3:00 a.m. local time (0000 GMT) when a cargo ship collided with a tanker.

In a workshop in Ongwediva, northern Namibia, fabric rustles as Wilhemina Amadhila measures, cuts and stitches material."Each stitch comes together to form a stunning outfit," said the 22-year-old trainee at the state-run Valombola Vocational Training Centre.

Israel's E1 settlement project in the West Bank will further undermine the prospect of a two-state solution, European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas warned Wednesday.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the security of civilian maritime transport in the Black Sea is of great importance, the Turkish media reported Wednesday.

Ulle Madise, the sole candidate in Estonia's presidential election, was elected president Wednesday during an extraordinary session in the country's 101-member Parliament (Riigikogu).