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Protesters call on UK to protect Hong Kongers from China

Pro-democracy protesters rallied outside Britain's consulate in Hong Kong on Sunday, demanding London do more to protect its former colonial subjects and ramp up pressure on Beijing over sliding freedoms. Hundreds of demonstrators sang "God Save the Queen" and "Rule Britannia" outside the...

Protests mount in Indian Kashmir clampdown

Kashmir has seen an average of nearly 20 protests per day against Indian rule over the last six weeks despite a security lockdown to quell unrest, a senior government source told AFP. Tensions remain high in the disputed Himalayan region after New Delhi's controversial decision last month...

Malala asks UN to help schoolchildren in Kashmir

Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai on Saturday urged the world leaders who are going to attend the upcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session in New York to “help children go safely back to school” in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir . “I am deeply concerned about...

'Humanitarian corridor' out of rebel-held Idlib goes unused

Syrian state media is reporting that regime troops have opened a secured corridor to allow residents of the last rebel-held stronghold to leave but no one came out. State news agency SANA said Saturday that militants controlling most of Idlib province, home to nearly 3 million people,...