China's third most powerful leader said on Monday that Beijing had the right to "step in" to Hong Kong's leadership contest, according to local politicians who met him, in remarks fueling fears of meddling from Communist Party leaders. The comments by Zhang Dejiang, the head of China's...

Key members of Congress say they will honor President Donald Trump's request to investigate his unsubstantiated claim that Barack Obama overstepped his authority as president and had Trump's telephones tapped during the election campaign. A U.S. official said the FBI has asked the Justice...

India's national airline claimed Monday to have set a new record with the first round-the-world flight staffed entirely by women. Ai India said its Boeing 777 traveled from Delhi to San Francisco and back again with an all-female crew last week, the first time such a flight has...

Nuclear-armed North Korea launched four ballistic missiles on Monday in another challenge to President Donald Trump, with three landing provocatively close to America's ally Japan. Seoul and Washington began annual joint military exercises last week that always infuriate Pyongyang, with the...