The sentencing of Hong Kong’s onetime media magnate Jimmy Lai is raising concerns from foreign governments and rights groups.

Iranian security forces have launched a campaign to arrest figures within the country’s reformist movement.

HONG KONG (AP) — Prominent democracy advocate Jimmy Lai was a child stowaway from mainland China who rose to become Hong Kong’s onetime media magnate. Unlike other rags-to-riches tycoons who cultivated ties with Beijing, he chose to become its fierce c…

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s governing party has secured a two-thirds supermajority in a parliamentary election.

Hundreds of traders and customs clearance company owners have protested in central Baghdad to demand that Iraq’s government reverse new customs tariffs.

Iran’s top diplomat says Tehran’s strength comes from its ability to “say no to the great powers.”.

Voters in Thailand are heading to the polls for an early general election.

Syria and Saudi Arabia have signed multibillion-dollar investment agreements, including a major telecommunications project and a low-cost joint airline.

The U.S. stock market roared back, as technology stocks recovered much of their losses from earlier in the week and bitcoin halted its plunge, at least for now.

China and South Africa have signed a framework agreement for a new trade deal.