Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) will on Saturday announce the winner of a party leadership ballot. After the result, the first task will be to decide whether to quit the ruling coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc. The oldest party in Germany is in turmoil...

Max Verstappen topped the times for Red Bull ahead of both Mercedes in Saturday’s closely-contested third and final practice for Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The top three were separated by less than a tenth of a second at the Yas Marina circuit where the Dutchman clocked a best lap in...

Secondary-school students and retirees joined forces to protest in Hong Kong on Saturday, the first of several weekend rallies planned across the city, as pro-democracy activists vowed to battle what they say are police brutality and unlawful arrests. A top Hong Kong official said the...

Air pollution forced the closure of schools and universities in parts of Iran on Saturday, including Tehran, which was cloaked by a cloud of toxic smog, state media reported. The decision to shut schools and universities in the capital was announced late Friday by deputy governor Mohammad...