Hong Kong’s leader has banned protesters from wearing masks to conceal their identities as the government hardens its stance against long-running pro-democracy demonstrations.
Chief executive...
India’s Hindu nationalist-led government has moved to revoke the special status of Muslim-majority Kashmir, cutting off communications and deploying thousands of troops in the...
Preliminary results show an ally of Kazakhstan’s former president has won the country’s presidential election.
Sunday’s vote was marred by a police crackdown on protesters...
More than 1,500 Palestinian prisoners have launched an open-ended hunger strike to demand better conditions in Israeli prisons.
Their demands include more contact with relatives...
Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared victory in Sunday's referendum that will grant sweeping powers to the presidency, hailing the result as a "historic...
Russia’s military is now stronger that any possible foe, Vladimir Putin has said.
The Russian president told an annual end-of-year meeting with the defence ministry:...
At least six people were dead and eight others missing after Typhoon Nepartak battered China's coastal Fujian Province with heavy rain and strong winds...
