Hong Kong police on Saturday vowed to pursue the ringleaders of a 15-hour blockade of their headquarters which involved thousands of anti-government demonstrators as a push to oust the city's pro-Beijing leader evolves. The largely young protesters surrounded the headquarters throughout...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet called on Venezuela to release jailed dissidents Friday and said the crisis-wracked country faced a "serious" humanitarian situation. Her comments came at the end of a three-day visit to the country on the invitation of embattled...

For the first time in 59 years of independence, Mauritanians vote on Saturday for a successor to a democratically-elected president, though a government insider campaigning on a message of continuity is heavily tipped to win. Polls opened at 7 a.m. (0700 GMT) in the election to replace...

U.S. immigration authorities plan to launch Sunday a sweeping effort to deport recently arrived families who are in the United States illegally, the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing three unnamed U.S. officials. In a call with reporters earlier this week, Mark Morgan, the acting...