Growing restrictions on Hong Kong's freedoms are hurting business confidence, the United States warned in a report Friday, accusing the city's government of sacrificing human rights to support mainland Chinese priorities. Hong Kong enjoys liberties unseen on the mainland under the "one...

An explosion on Thursday in a chemical plant in eastern China killed at least 44 people and injured 640 others, said Chinese state media. The blast took place at a plant run by Tianjiayi Chemical in Yancheng, said state news agency Xinhua. Another 90 people were seriously injured, the...

The EU agreed to a Brexit extension until May 22 if Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal is approved by the House of Commons, European Council President Donald Tusk said Thursday. If the deal is not approved by parliament, the EU would allow an extension to April 12, Tusk said in Brussels....

At least 79 people died when an overloaded ferry carrying families on an outing sank in the Tigris river in Mosul in northern Iraq, medical sources told Reuters on Thursday. Most of the casualties on the ferry were women and children who could not swim, said the head of Mosul’s Civil...