A record number of Hong Kong people turned out to vote Sunday in district elections viewed as a barometer of support for city leader Carrie Lam, who has been besieged by nearly six months of often violent anti-government protests. Brutal attacks on election candidates in recent weeks have...

Hong Kong is set to hold local elections on Sunday with record turnout amid ongoing protests starting early in June in response to a move by the current administration to legalize extraditions to China. The local elections, held once every four years, are the only "fully democratic” polls...

Iranian Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri on Saturday warned regional countries of unspecified dire consequences if it is proven that they meddled to stoke unrest in Iran, the semi-official news agency Fars reported. “Some countries in the region should know that they will not have an easy...

Cyprus authorities have rescued 120 Syrian migrants from a boat adrift off the island's southeastern coast, police said on Thursday. They brought the Syrians ashore in the Cape Greco region after their vessel was sighted six nautical miles (11 km) off the east Mediterranean island. The...