Two people were found dead and scores of houses from the celebrity mansions of Malibu to the mobile homes of seniors in the suburbs burned in a pair of wildfires that stretched across more than 100 square miles of Southern California, authorities said Saturday. The two bodies were found...

Dissident Chinese author Ma Jian hit out at threats to freedom of speech Saturday saying it was the "basis of civilisation" after a struggle to find a venue to host his talks at Hong Kong's literary festival. The venue battle fuelled growing concerns that semi-autonomous Hong Kong's...

Russian foreign minister on Friday said he was "unpleasantly surprised" by Austria's recent arrest of a suspect in espionage in favour of Russia. Austria had to contact Russia officially for their concerns regarding possible threats to its national security, Sergey Lavrov said at a news...

U.S. President Donald Trump signed a proclamation Friday denying migrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally the ability to seek asylum in America. The move is in reaction to the caravans of migrants headed north to the southern border of the U.S., who planned to seek asylum once...