HONG KONG – Lawmakers have been grilling Hong Kong's new justice secretary over a controversy surrounding illegal additions to her home that has highlighted concerns about rule of law in the semiautonomous Chinese city. Teresa Cheng faced intense questioning in…
BEIJING – A Chinese lawyer says prominent legal activist Yu Wensheng has been charged with inciting subversion of state power after writing a letter calling for democratic reforms. Yu's lawyer, Huang Hanzhong, said Monday that police informed Yu's wife of…
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine police chief says his force will resume visits to the homes of drug suspects to encourage them to reform, despite his acknowledgement that corrupt police have abused the program. National Police Director-General Ronald dela Rosa…
SYDNEY – A confessed militant who provided a revolver to a school boy who fatally shot a police accountant in Sydney in 2015 refused to stand Monday as a sign of respect for a judge during a court hearing. Raban…
PARIS – Floodwaters have reached a peak in Paris and are now threatening towns downstream along the rain-engorged Seine River. The national flood monitoring agency Vigicrues said the water levels hit a maximum height of 5.84 meters (19 feet, 2…
PARIS – Two British skiers have died after falling from steep slopes in particularly icy conditions on Mont Blanc in the French Alps. Lt. Remi Pelisson with the mountain gendarme service said Monday that the two men were skiing off-piste…
JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he heading for talks in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin over what he says are Iran's efforts to militarize Lebanon. Netanyahu said upon his departure on Monday that Iran is trying…
SANAA, Yemen – Yemen's state-run news agency says 12 people have been killed and over 130 wounded in clashes between separatists and pro-government forces in the southern port city of Aden, where the government is based. The clashes in Aden…
KABUL, Afghanistan – The Afghan president's office says in a statement that the Indonesian president, Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, is visiting Kabul on an official trip to Afghanistan. The statement says President Ashraf Ghani and his guest will hold a joint…
RAMALLAH, West Bank – A top Palestinian official says India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make what is described as a historic visit to the West Bank next month. Majdi Khaldi, an adviser to President Mahmoud Abbas told the Voice…
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – An opposition alliance in the Maldives has petitioned the Supreme Court to temporarily remove the president for alleged corruption and misrule. The petition submitted Sunday was signed by leaders of a four-party opposition coalition including two…
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – The U.S. and Australia are joining the search for survivors from a ferry that sank near the remote Pacific nation of Kiribati after seven people were rescued from a lifeboat. The New Zealand military found the…
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysia's top court in a landmark decision says both parents must consent to the religious conversion of a minor, ruling in favor of a Hindu woman whose ex-husband converted their three children to Islam. M.Indira Gandhi…
WARSAW, Poland – As President Donald Trump declared that "America First does not mean America alone" at a global economic forum in Switzerland, his top diplomat was on a European trip of his own, trying to convince skeptical allies that…
Explosions and gunfire were heard at a military university in Afghanistan early Monday, as reports emerged that the school was under attack. (U.S. Military) Explosions and gunfire were heard at a military university in Afghanistan early Monday, as reports emerged…
Jan. 29, 2018: Afghan security personnel arrive at the site of an attack at the Marshal Fahim academy in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP) At least two Afghan soldiers were killed and 10 others were wounded after an army unit guarding a…
Jan. 29, 2018: Afghan security personnel arrive at the site of an attack at the Marshal Fahim academy in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP) At least 11 Afghan soldiers were killed and 16 others were wounded after an army unit guarding a…
KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan official and an eyewitness say blasts have been heard and a gunbattle is occurring near a military academy in the capital Kabul. Afzal Aman, commander of the Army Garrison, says an army unit was attacked…
MEXICO CITY – Two police officers in Mexico City are under arrest in connection with the disappearance of a 17-year-old student who has not been seen since he was detained last week and whose case has prompted outcry on social…
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called the proposed Polish law 'baseless' (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File) JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday night that Israel and Poland have agreed to hold talks seeking to resolve the uproar over…
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, in the background, is detained by police officers in Moscow, Russia, Sunday. (AP Photo/Evgeny Feldman) Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was released from police custody on Sunday after he was arrested during a day of…
Iran is spending billions of dollars on its weapons programs and supporting terrorism around the globe while it ignores the basic needs of its people, a new report asserts. The report, issued by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), states that…
A group of unidentified foreigners was accused of "dancing pornographically" at a party in Siem Reap town, near Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temple complex. (Cambodian National Police via AP) A sex-charged crash of cultures has landed 10 Westerners in jail…
HELSINKI – The Latest on the presidential election in Finland (all times local): 8:45 p.m. Finland's incumbent president is barreling toward another six years in office with nearly 60 percent of ballots counted in the Nordic country's election. President Sauli…