Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam announced on Wednesday the formal withdrawal of an extradition bill that triggered months of unrest and has thrown the Chinese-controlled city into its worst crisis in decades, Cable TV and other media said. The protests in the former British colony began in June...

The army in Indian Kashmir said Wednesday a teenager has died after being hit by stone-pelting protesters in the restive region that has been under lockdown for a month. Asrar Ahmed Khan died on Tuesday night after succumbing to wounds he received on August 6, senior army officer...

Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido on Tuesday backed the use of satellites to help locate guerrilla groups that have crossed into Venezuela from neighboring Colombia, days after dissident rebels launched a new offensive. Former FARC guerillas on Thursday announced a rearmament in a...

A group of UN experts on Tuesday voiced concern over the "incommunicado detention" and torture of ethnic Rakhine men by the Myanmar's military. "The practice of incommunicado detention must be immediately brought to an end. Detainees’ right to a fair trial, including access to a lawyer,...