Wong was sentenced for his second conviction under a Beijing-imposed national security law, in a case that critics say reflects the crackdown on the city's once-thriving pro-democracy movement.

Five of six states with early Democratic presidential primaries — South Carolina, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico and Michigan — elected new Democrats statewide Tuesday.

North Korea test-fired a new air defense missile system and held a strike drill with a long-range strategic cruise missile, state-run media reported Thursday.

French trade unions are joining forces for more nationwide strikes and demonstrations for higher wages and in support of the high school protest movement. Major rallies are expected in Paris,

Video shows Salvadoran attack helicopters repelling gang fighters in Croix-des-Bouquets as Nayib Bukele escalates military operations in Haiti.

Asian fuel oil benchmark prices fell sharply this week as traders priced in higher Middle Eastern crude and fuel supplies, while Democrats' capture of the US Congress eased concerns about ​further escalation of the US-Israeli war with Iran.

Bomb threats forced airliners to make unplanned landings across Europe on Thursday morning, the latest in a series of threats targeting flights in Europe.

A tanker has been struck by projectiles off Qatar’s coast in the Persian Gulf, according to the British military