A court in Myanmar began proceedings Monday against a suspect in the rape of a 2-year-old girl at her nursery school, in a case that has generated huge interest and protests, partly because of doubts that the arrested man is guilty. Aung Kyaw Myo appeared at Dakkhina Thiri District...

Environmental activists sought to sow chaos in five British cities Monday in a bid to force the government to act to help avert what they cast as a climate cataclysm. The Extinction Rebellion group disrupted London with 11 days of protests in April that it cast as the biggest act of...

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Monday protesters involved in the latest clashes with the police could be described as "rioters" and that she supported police upholding the law and seeking those responsible. Lam made the comments at a hospital where three police officers were being...

Hong Kong protesters are set to rally for a second day on Sunday in an area popular with mainland Chinese shoppers as anger over the government’s handling of an extradition bill revives other grievances, such as an influx of cross-border visitors. On Saturday, a largely peaceful...