An award-winning journalist critical of the Philippine president has been convicted of libel and sentenced to jail in a decision called a major blow to press freedom in an Asian bastion of democracy...

Journalist Maria Ressa, online news site convicted of libel in ruling considered a blow to press freedom in Philippines...

Japanese public broadcaster NHK has apologized for an animated video it produced trying to explain the ongoing protests in the United States that instead sparked outrage that its depiction of black Am...

American protesters who have taken to the streets over the death of George Floyd in Minnesota have found an unexpected ally...

Retired Chinese soccer player Hao Haidong has angered the country’s leadership by allying himself with an eccentric billionaire who has called for the downfall of the Communist government...

The mouthpiece of China's ruling Communist Party says U.S. moves to end some trading privileges extended to Hong Kong grossly interfere in China's internal affairs and are doomed to fail...

Hong Kong police have arrested at least 14 pro-democracy lawmakers, activists and a media tycoon on charges of joining unlawful protests last year calling for reforms...

As governments across the world enact emergency measures to keep people at home and stave off the pandemic, some are unhappy about having their missteps publicized...

As governments across the world enact emergency measures to keep people at home and stave off the pandemic, some are unhappy about having their missteps publicized...

Millions of South Koreans wore masks and disposable gloves as they voted in parliamentary elections, the highest turnout in nearly three decades despite the coronavirus...