With punching bags for "beating corruption" and clowns to yellow-card the system, an independent Tunisian "anti-party" has launched an unusual campaign to win over voters fed up with political elites. Its name is Aich Tounsi, which means "Live the Tunisian Way", and this young civil society...

An American academic on Saturday said he was denied entry into Hong Kong days after he testified in a Congressional hearing alongside prominent democracy activists from the strife-torn semi-autonomous Chinese city. Dan Garrett said he was turned away after landing on Thursday for...

The brother of Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch was on Friday sentenced to life in prison for her murder -- the patriarchal country's highest-profile "honour killing". Baloch, 26, who shot to fame for her risque selfies -- tame by Western standards, but considered provocative in...

Britain’s Princess Beatrice, the elder daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah, Duchess of York, announced her engagement on Thursday to property developer, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi. “Her Royal Highness and Mr. Mapelli Mozzi became engaged while away for the weekend in Italy earlier this...