Iran executed more than twice as many people last year as it did in 2024, according to a new report by Amnesty International.

In Chechnya, defying authority or tradition can carry consequences beyond life. Activists say domestic violence victims, LGBT ...

Failed peace talks and the ongoing disruption at the Strait of Hormuz reminded the world what a chokepoint looks like. Oil spiked. The Dow dropped. Investors scrambled for safe havens. Then, just as ...

On March 13, 2026, China issued the outline for its 15th Five-Year Plan — a core document defining Chinese government policies into the next decade. In the hierarchy of Chinese sources, Five-Year Plan ...

This is the heart-stopping moment a resident cheated death as an air conditioner unit crashed to the ground in Guangdong Province, China. Shocking CCTV footage filmed on April 14 shows an elderly ...

HONG KONG — China is calling on U.S. authorities to investigate the death of a scientist who was found inside a university building in Michigan. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

The Chinese government blames law enforcement questioning in Wang's death. U-M has drawn federal scrutiny on a variety of issues. The Chinese government wants an investigation into the death of an ...

April 6 (UPI) --China has executed a French citizen sentenced to death for drug trafficking, its embassy in Paris confirmed, drawing criticism from the European nation. China's Embassy to France ...

A protest in support of birthright citizenship outside of the Supreme Court building in Washington, DC on May 15, 2025. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin Get ready for the next Roe v. Wade — as a new Supreme ...

The influencer Zhang Xuefeng was known for no-nonsense, some said cynical, advice about how to win in China’s educational rat race. He died at 41. By Vivian Wang Any Chinese parent or student fixated ...

(CNN) — A court in China has sentenced 11 people to death for their roles in a billion-dollar family-run criminal empire built on online scam and gambling operations in a remote border region of ...