Japan has formally asked the United States to extradite two men who helped former Nissan chief executive Carlos Ghosn escape the country to avoid prosecution, a court filing showed Thursday. The men -- security contractor and former US special forces member Michael Taylor and his son Peter...

A cut in the army's food portions and supplies has sparked outrage among Bashar al-Assad's loyalists who considered the procedure as an insult for soldiers who sacrificed their lives to keep Assad on his throne.  The General Command of the Army and the Armed Forces issued a decision...

Six more corpses have been discovered in mass graves in Libya’s western city of Tarhuna, officials said Thursday.   The bodies were unearthed during ongoing excavation work, according to a statement by a Libyan government team conducting search activities in the area. A...

Western nations are moving to offer millions of Hong Kongers refuge after Beijing passed draconian security laws designed to choke the city's democracy movement -- but many obstacles prevent a mass exodus. The United Kingdom is leading allies in offering nearly half the city's 7.5 million...