. . RIO DE JANEIRO – In the hills that hug Maracana Stadium, many Brazilians saw the flash and glitz of the opening ceremony for the...
. . BEIJJING – China’s air force sent bombers and fighter jets on “combat patrols” near contested islands in the South China Sea, in a move...
. . BEIJING – In halting televised confessions and emotional courtroom testimony, Chinese lawyers and activists held in a government crackdown have voiced the same ominous...
. . TOKYO – Japan’s Emperor Akihito will issue a rare video message to the public Monday amid speculation he wants to abdicate in the coming...
. . JAKARTA – Authorities in Indonesia arrested six suspected militants on Friday who they believed to be linked to the Islamic State group and plotting...
KUALA LUMPUR – Angry Malaysian activists have called for legal reforms, Thursday, after a man who raped a 14-year-old girl avoided being thrown in...
. . BEIJING – Zhou Shifeng a Chinese lawyer was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday in the third in a series of subversion trials...
. . BANGKOK – The rest of the world may think Americans eat a lot of burgers, have huge shopping malls and are ruled by an...
. . RIO DE JANEIRO – Just days ahead of the Olympic Games the waterways of Rio de Janeiro are as filthy as ever, contaminated with...
. . TIANJIN – A Chinese court issued a suspended three-year prison sentence to a human rights activist charged with subversion of state power after a...
. . BEIJING – China has sent a clear warning to foreigners who enter contested areas of the South China Sea — stay away or you’ll...
. . BEIJING – Defense minister Chang Wanquan told a reception on Sunday that China would firmly safeguard its “state sovereignty, national security and development interests.”...
. . ALEPPO – A Russian transport helicopter was shot down in Syria on Monday and all five people onboard were killed, the Kremlin said, in...
. . BULANDSHAHR – Authorities in India have reported that a mother and her 13-year-old daughter were allegedly dragged out of their car and then gang-raped...
. . . BEIJING – China’s ambitions to become a pioneer in nuclear energy are sailing into troubled waters, as two state-owned companies plan to develop...
. . VIENNA – A Pakistani man suspected of links to the jihadists who killed 130 people in Paris in November will be extradited to France,...
. . PARIS – You can’t put a guard in every church and patrol every beach. But after a wave of attacks in Western Europe, authorities...
. . KRAKOW, Poland – Pope Francis encouraged his churchmen to leave their comfort zones and tend to the needy on the peripheries as he celebrated...
. . PARIS – In recent months, Islamist terrorists have brutalized France, horrifying the world with vicious, bloodthirsty murders and mutilations. In Paris, an ISIS attack...
. . MANILA – The Philippine’s New leader President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday gathered four past presidents, most of whom have been politically at odds with...