ABC News: World

ABC News' Martha Raddatz reports on new sanctions on Venezuela imposed by the U.S. as two of Venezuela's leading opposition figures were reportedly taken away from their homes by the country's intelligence service.

Speaker of Pakistan lower house of parliament says Shahid Khaqan Abbasi elected prime minister with 221 votes

Jordan's parliament removes 'marry the rapist' clause from penal code in major victory for women's rights

Israeli police says hundreds of Jews have ascended a contested Jerusalem holy site to mark Tisha B'Av, the Jewish day of mourning over the destruction of the biblical temples

Anti-India protests and clashes have erupted in disputed Kashmir after government forces killed two senior militants in a gunbattle and fatally shot a protester during an ensuing protest demanding an end to Indian rule

Dozens of firefighters, assisted by five water-dropping helicopters are battling to contain a large brush fire south of Athens, but Greek authorities say no inhabited areas are in immediate danger

Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has declared her innocence and asked for "kindness" from a court during closing arguments in a criminal negligence trial that could land her in prison for 10 years

North Korea after decades of effort has a missile potentially capable of reaching the continental US, but analysts say Pyongyang has yet to show the ICBM can inflict serious damage once it gets there

A speedboat made some waves in an effort to help put out a wildfire burning in British Columbia.

New Zealand opposition leader Andrew Little has quit and been replaced by his 37-year-old deputy seven weeks before the general election, as the Labour Party tries to overcome recent dismal results