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Special Report: The Battle For Hong Kong’s Soul

Since Britain handed back colonial Hong Kong in 1997, retired primary school teacher and Falun Gong devotee Lau Wai-hing has fully exercised the freedoms...

Israel Bombs Gaza Sites Hours After Bodies Of Israeli Teens Found

Israeli aircraft bombed dozens of sites in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the military said, and troops opened fire and killed a Palestinian during...

How Boko Haram Is Beating U.S. Efforts To Choke Its Financing

When Washington imposed sanctions in June 2012 on Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, he dismissed it as an empty gesture. Two years later, Shekau’s skepticism...

22 killed In Mexican Shootout With Soldiers On Patrol

Soldiers on patrol in south-central Mexico killed 22 people early Monday in a shootout, the Defense Ministry said. Among the dead were 21 men and...

North Korea Proposes End To Hostilities With South – With Conditions

North Korea on Monday proposed that "all hostile military activities" with South Korea "come to a complete halt" this week, but it attached a...

27 Dead, More Trapped In Rubble In 2 India Building Collapses

The death toll in two building collapses in different cities in India over the weekend has climbed to at least 27, with more victims...

Pistorius Had No Mental Disorder At Time Of Shooting: Psychiatrists

Oscar Pistorius, the South African track star on trial for murder for shooting his girlfriend, was not suffering from a mental condition that would...

Syria Fighters Hail Declaration Of Islamic ‘Caliphate’

Militant Islamist fighters held a parade in Syria's northern Raqqa province to celebrate their declaration of an Islamic "caliphate" after the group captured territory...

Fighting Flares In Eastern Ukraine Despite Extended Ceasefire

Fighting flared between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists around the eastern flashpoint city of Slaviansk on Sunday despite a truce extended until Monday night,...

Indian Building Collapse Traps As Many As 40 Construction Workers

An 11-story building under construction in Tamil Nadu state in India collapsed on Saturday, trapping as many as 40 workers in the rubble, the...