Mexico's Senate approved on Wednesday of constitutional reforms that would expand the use of mandatory pre-trial detention to cover more crimes,  legislation that has faced criticism from the United ...

Namibians were still voting early Thursday, hours after polls were scheduled to close in a presidential and legislative election set to test the ruling party's 34-year grip on power in the southern ...

Chinese defence minister Dong Jun has been placed under investigation for corruption, according to British newspaper the Financial Times.

Buttoned-up and with a taste for political intrigue, Manfred Weber has quietly emerged as one of the most powerful men on the European political stage.

A top Chinese military official has been removed from office and is suspected of "serious violations of discipline", Beijing ...

Ireland-based budget fashion chain Primark has been criticised for its record on workers' rights and the effect of its ...

Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te will stop over in Hawaii and the US territory of Guam during a trip to three Pacific island nations, the Presidential Office said Thursday.

Icelanders head to the polls on November 30 after the collapse of a fraught coalition government prompted a snap election ...

"Bro, I can't wait for my first dead body," wrote an 11-year-old boy on Instagram in Sweden, where gangs recruit children too ...

US president-elect Donald Trump has threatened to slap blistering new tariffs on Chinese goods in response to Beijing's alleged role in a deadly opioid epidemic in the United States.

Asian markets diverged Thursday as investors brushed off a negative lead from Wall Street while welcoming a drop in Treasury yields and data showing US inflation was holding steady.

Is virgin plastic production vital or completely unsustainable? For the industry lobbyists at UN talks on plastic pollution, the answer is far from unanimous.