TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Monday during the highest-level visit by an American Cabinet official since the break in formal diplomatic ties between Washington... >>>

Protests erupted across Belarus late Sunday after disputed preliminary results showed a landslide election victory for longtime President Alexander Lukashenko. © SIARHEI LESKIEC/AFP/Getty Images Riot police disperse protesters in the Belarus capital >>>

Testing royal taboos: inside Thailand's new youth protestsBANGKOK (Reuters) - Over two days of video calls earlier this month, about a dozen students from Thailand’s Kasetsart and Mahanakorn universities debated whether to break a taboo that... >>>

U.S. health chief offers Taiwan 'strong' support in landmark visitTAIPEI (Reuters) - U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar offered President Donald Trump's strong support for democratic Taiwan on Monday, telling President Tsai Ing-wen that her... >>>

The Eastern European nation has been led by the same man, Alexander Lukashenko, since 1994.Following the vote, in which the leading opposition candidate scored just single digits, thousands took to the streets of Minsk, Reuters... >>>

In a country where crackdowns on dissent are routine, Belarus police and protesters clashed in the Minsk capital and the city of Brest Sunday night over rising discontent with the authoritarian rule of the country’s longtime leader, who recently... >>>

A pair of skyscrapers are set to become the tallest prefabricated buildings in the world. And while the two 192-meter-tall (630 feet) towers will rise in densely populated Singapore, large parts of the structures are being built in Malaysia.And... >>>

The father and son accused of helping former Nissan Motor Co. chairman Carlos Ghosn escape house arrest in Tokyo were denied bail for a third time as they battle an extradition request from Japan. © Bloomberg Carlos Ghosn, former chief executive... >>>

© Dmitry Brushko / Tut.By via REUTERS Law enforcement agents dispersed opposition demonstrators after the polls closed during the presidential election in Minsk, Belarus on August 9, 2020. In Belarus, outgoing President Alexander Lukashenko, in... >>>

HK media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested under national security law, top aide saysLai has been one of the most prominent democracy activists in the Chinese-ruled city and an ardent critic of Beijing, which imposed the sweeping new law on Hong Kong on... >>>

Read Taliban Fast Facts on CNN and learn more about the Sunni Islamist organization operating primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan. © WikiLeaks starr taliban five freed for Bergdahl FactsReclusive leader Mullah Mohammed Omar led the Taliban from... >>>

Hong Kong police arrested media tycoon and prominent democracy activist Jimmy Lai under a national security law passed in late June for allegedly colluding with foreign forces, local media reported. © Bloomberg Jimmy Lai The arrest was reported by... >>>

Protests in Belarus broke out Sunday against the results of a presidential election that gave the country's authoritarian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, a landslide win. Photos and videos from the scene showed hundreds of heavily armored riot... >>>

© TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, September 25, 2019. After the presentation to justice of the report of a parliamentary committee on the management... >>>

'Holy warrior' selfies: Pakistan teen feted for killing U.S. blasphemy suspectISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Faisal Khan, a 15-year-old Pakistani, beams for selfies with lawyers and police. Thousands hail him in the streets as a... >>>