John Lee was elected as Hong Kong's next leader Sunday, after winning over 99 per cent of votes cast by a largely pro-Beijing election committee.

On Monday, more than 67 million registered voters will cast ballots to choose the next president of the Philippines, and in doing so decide the country’s next chapter.

Relatives of the missing in Cuba's capital desperately searched Saturday for victims of an explosion at one of Havana's most luxurious hotels that killed at least 27 people. A natural gas leak was the...

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have ordered all Afghan women to wear the all-covering burka in public. The acting minister for the Taliban's Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of...

North Korea flight-tested a ballistic missile that was likely fired from a submarine on Saturday, South Korea's military said, apparently continuing a provocative streak in weapons demonstrations th...

Chelsea will be sold to a consortium fronted by Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly, ending 19 years of ownership and lavish investment by Roman Abramovich until the Russian oligarch was sancti...

The sole candidate offered from Beijing to serve as Hong Kong's chief executive, John Lee, was instrumental in overseeing the often-brutal responses of security forces over the past eight year to wide...

A powerful explosion apparently caused by a natural gas leak killed at least 22 people, including a child, and injured dozens Friday when it blew away outer walls from a luxury hotel in the heart of C...

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger accepted a judge's findings Friday and said U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is qualified to run for re-election despite claims by a group of voters that ...

Authorities in Mariupol have accused Russian forces of violating a ceasefire and firing at a car involved in evacuation efforts from the city's Azovstal steelworks.

As Russian missiles pound Ukrainian cities and villages, one band's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest has emerged as an anthem for the war-ravaged motherland.

A marble bust that a Texas woman bought for about $35 US from a Goodwill store is temporarily on display at a San Antonio museum after experts determined it was a centuries-old sculpture missing from ...

Abortion is an old battle. Pills are the new one. Most abortions are now with pills taken at home and we're about to witness a multi-front feud throughout the United States. Abortion foes may find it ...

The persistent heat wave that has struck India over the past few weeks is leading to deaths, electricity shortages and uncertainty about crops and those impacts will likely not remain within its borde...

The man who tackled comedian Dave Chappelle during a performance at the Hollywood Bowl will not be charged with any felonies, the district attorney's office said Thursday.

This week on Nothing is Foreign, we explain the controversial deal that will send refugees arriving in the U.K. for resettlement in Rwanda.

Israeli security forces were waging a massive manhunt Friday for two Palestinians suspected of carrying out a stabbing rampage near Tel Aviv that left three Israelis dead.

The World Health Organization is estimating that nearly 15 million people were killed either by the coronavirus or by its impact on overwhelmed health systems in the past two years, more than double t...

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said Thursday that his political party will seek to audit the electronic voting system before the upcoming election amid concerns he is actively sowing distrust in it...