Britain's traditional New Years Honors faced criticism Saturday after they included two prominent but controversial figures from politics and the legal profession. Queen Elizabeth II's annual list unveiled late Friday gave a damehood to Alison Saunders, a former director of public...

Ukrainian authorities and pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country have agreed to swap dozens of prisoners Sunday, the self-declared rebel republic of Donetsk said. Both sides had said earlier this month they would carry out a prisoner exchange by the end of the year, following...

Police fought with protesters who marched through a Hong Kong shopping mall Saturday demanding mainland Chinese traders leave the territory in a fresh weekend of anti-government tension. The protest in Sheung Shui, near Hong Kong's boundary with the mainland, was part of efforts to pressure...

Thousands of koalas are feared to have died in a wildfire-ravaged area north of Sydney, further diminishing Australia's iconic marsupial, while the fire danger accelerated Saturday in the country’s east as temperatures soared. The mid-north coast of New South Wales was home to up to...