Asia

Hong Kong pro-democracy candidates won back only two of four seats in a crucial by-election in the semiautonomous Chinese region,…

One of the most frightening things about Pakistan’s blasphemy law is that the simplest act can spiral into charges that…

The decision comes after the government deployed elite police to quell communal violence in the center of the country. Traditionally…

On a tiny island off Brunei’s northern tip on the South China Sea, thousands of Chinese workers are building a…

President Xi Jinping is poised to make a historic power grab as China’s legislators gather beginning Monday to approve changes…

Japanese women who say “Me too” do so at their own risk. Online comments accused Rika Shiiki of lying and…

As Xi Jinping marches toward presidency for life, economists are lauding the stability of his continued rule but the move…

The United States cut back aid to Cambodia Tuesday to protest shrinking democracy in the Southeast Asia nation, where the…

Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered on Wednesday that ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif be removed as head of the political party…

A bomb explosion on Wednesday in Myanmar’s northeastern city of Lashio killed two bank workers and injured 11 people, the…