Russian police Saturday detained at least 311 people attending a protest in Moscow to demand free elections, including prominent activist Lyubov Sobol, after the authorities warned the demonstration was illegal. Police removed Sobol from a taxi and bundled her into a van minutes...

The African Union envoy to Sudan said Saturday the pro-democracy movement and the ruling military council have finalized a power-sharing agreement. Mohammad al-Hassan Lebatt told reporters that the two sides "fully agreed" on a constitutional declaration outlining the division of power for...

Commuters in Hong Kong argued Tuesday with demonstrators who blocked subway train doors in their latest protest action to demand greater accountability from the semi-autonomous Chinese territory's government. Service was delayed and partially suspended on the Island and Kwun Tong lines,...

Syrian opposition activists and a war monitor say five people have been killed in airstrikes on a town in the country's northwest as the government keeps up its deadly air campaign against the rebel-controlled region. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor, said two of the...