Beijing imposed a sweeping security law on Hong Kong after huge and sometimes violent democracy protests. The law has criminalised most dissent and transformed the once outspoken city into something more closely resembling the authoritarian mainlan...

Over its more than 100-year history, the FBI has been excoriated by southerners committed to racist segregation, by civil libertarians defending political activists and especially by African Americans whose 1960s liberation movement was treated as a...

"I feel amazing here. It's very important for us that there is kosher food, and that I can swim... it's beautiful and quiet here," said the 18-year-old, who helps out in the camp's children's playroom, playing with about a dozen kids. Since Russia...

Hooper pulled out of the team's two-match swing of Argentina this month a day before their opening clash and jetted home, saying he was not in the "right mindset" to lead his country. In his absence, the Wallabies won the first Test 41-26 but were ...

Britain's train network faces further heavy disruption Thursday and Saturday in major walkouts that follow the sector's biggest strike action for 30 years already this summer. Tens of thousands of staff are expected to strike over the two days, lea...

The Austria-based Four Paws organisation was asked by the Sindh High Court to step in to treat the animals after activists reported their miserable condition. Sixteen-year-old Madhu Bala -- named after a Bollywood actress -- underwent surgery for ...

It's not the kind of catch they're used to -- but that's because this time they're helping the government to save the fish from the drought gripping Europe. Each fish will be moved nearby to the River IJssel, a Dutch branch of the drought-hit River...

Nadal was ambushed 7-6 (11/9), 4-6, 6-3 in his second-round start by Croat Borna Coric, ending his hopes of overtaking Daniil Medvedev for the world number one rankings. Top seed Medvedev, who plays on Thursday for a quarter-final spot against Deni...

The Chinese military has staged days of air and sea exercises in the Taiwan Strait after visits by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a congressional delegation to the self-ruled island. Washington on Thursday announced plans for formal trade talks...

Now drawing crowds at festivals and Tokyo's most famous live venue, she wants to inspire fans to "embrace their stories -- because that's what gave me strength to face the world". The 35-year-old, whose stage name stands for "Asian wish child", has...

The explosion occurred as people were offering evening prayers at the mosque, in a northwest district of Kabul. The Italian non-governmental organisation Emergency, which operates a hospital in Kabul, said it had received 27 victims from the blast,...

Maria Velez, 53, knows she is lucky to live next to a creek. A stone's throw from her house, other neighborhoods with small apartment buildings are far more built-up and much less green. That is the perfect recipe for creating heat islands, recordi...

The made-for-TV concept took place every two years from 2003 to 2015, with the US facing either Australia or Europe and points accumulated across individual and relay events. Now resurrected, a host of big names are missing from this year's Sydney ...

Though its professional league has a huge following in India and surrounding nations, kabaddi -- a highly physical game where the object is to tag the rival team, often by brute force -- is relatively unknown outside the region. But eight years ago...

The negotiations would cover a variety of areas, including agriculture, digital trade, good regulatory practices and removing trade barriers, the Office of the US Trade Representative said in a statement. The negotiations "will deepen our trade and...