Police Fire Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets at Hong Kong Protesters
HONG KONG — Police repeatedly fired tear gas and rubber bullets to drive back protesters blocking Hong Kong streets with road signs and umbrellas...
Hong Kong Police Tear Gas Protest Against Mob Violence
HONG KONG — Hong Kong police on Saturday fired tear gas, swung batons and forcefully cleared out protesters who defied warnings not to march...
Indonesia’s Leader Says Sinking Jakarta Needs Giant Sea Wall
JAKARTA — Indonesia's president said in an interview that he wants to see the speedy construction of a giant sea wall around Jakarta to...
8 Dead, 60 Hurt as Quakes Shake Northern Philippine Isles
MANILA — Two strong earthquakes hours apart struck a group of sparsely populated islands in the Luzon Strait in the northern Philippines early Saturday,...
Libya’s Coast Guard Recovers Dozens of Bodies of Migrants
CAIRO — Libya's coast guard recovered dozens of bodies of Europe-bound migrants who perished at sea as search operations continued Friday, a day after...
Cardinal Ortega, Former Archbishop of Havana, Dies at 82
HAVANA — Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, a sugar worker's son who oversaw the first papal visit to Cuba, helped lower barriers to...
Europe Melts Under Sahara Heat Wave, Smashes Heat Records
PARIS — Even ice cream, Italian gelato or Popsicles couldn't help this time.
Rapper A$AP Rocky Charged With Assault Over Fight in Sweden
STOCKHOLM — A Swedish prosecutor on Thursday charged rapper A$AP Rocky with assault over a fight in Stockholm last month, in a case that...
Trial of Cambodian Reporters Who Used to Work for US Begins
PHNOM PENH — The espionage trial of two Cambodian journalists who formerly worked for a U.S. government-funded radio station began Friday, almost two years after their arrests.
Actor Rutger Hauer, of ‘Blade Runner’ Fame, Has Died at 75
NEW YORK — Dutch film actor Rutger Hauer, who specialized in menacing roles, including a memorable turn as a murderous android in "Blade Runner"...
