The Chinese government will spend 1.875 billion yuan ($298.92 million) to improve irrigation systems in the heavily ethnic Uighur southern part of the violence-prone far western region of Xinjiang, state news agency Xinhua said on Saturday. The government has increasingly turned its...

The prime minister of the self-declared Tibetan government-in-exile in India has urged his compatriots to strengthen efforts to make the return of the Dalai Lama to his native land a reality. Lobsang Sangay says Tibet has seen 60 years of destruction of its civilization, culture and...

Israel's chief military spokesman says if violence drags on along the Gaza border, Israel will expand its reaction to strike those behind it. Brig. Gen. Ronen Manelis says Saturday the military has thus far restricted its response to those trying to breach its border but if "attacks"...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for an "independent and transparent investigation" after 16 Palestinians were killed and hundreds more wounded during clashes with the Israeli military, a spokesman said. His call came as the UN Security Council heard fears of a...