Hong Kong's chief executive Carrie Lam has asked to meet with the city's university students, her office said Thursday evening, as the embattled leader tries to fend off pressure from a month-long political crisis. Protesters stormed the local parliament on Monday, the 22nd anniversary of...

Thirty-four protesters have been arrested in Algeria since June 21 for carrying the Berber flag during demonstrations – a crackdown which has further inflamed the popular movement’s antagonism towards the government. Weekly protests have continued unabated in Algeria since then...

Migrants who survived the deadly airstrike on a Libyan detention center said Thursday they had been conscripted by a local militia to work in an adjacent weapons workshop. The decision to store weapons at the facility in Tajoura, to the east of Tripoli, may have made it a target for the...

Premier League champions Manchester City on Thursday announced the signing of Spain midfielder Rodri on a five-year deal from Atletico Madrid for a club record fee. Rodri, 23, officially became a City player a day after the La Liga club revealed the 70-million-euro (£63 million) release...