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Hong Kong residents deface Chinese emblem in latest protest

Hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators took to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday, with some of the marchers ...

Japan's ruling coalition secures upper house majority

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition secured a majority in Japan's upper house of parliament in elections Sunday, ...

Audio shows UK navy trying to thwart Iran from seizing ship

In an audio recording released Sunday, a British naval officer insists that a British-flagged oil tanker must be allowed to ...

Jeff Bezos

Moon back in NASA's court 50 years after 1st lunar landing

Fifty years after humanity's first lunar footsteps, the moon is back in NASA's court. The White House wants U.S.

The Latest: Hong Kong protesters target Chinese emblem

The Latest on protests in Hong Kong (all times local): 8:35 p.m. A blackened national Chinese emblem has become Hong Kong ...

The Latest: Germany urges diplomacy amid Gulf tensions

The Latest on tensions in the Persian Gulf (all times local): 3 p.m. Germany's foreign minister is warning Iran that its ...

Ukrainians vote, leader seeks support to fight corruption

Ukrainians are voting in an early parliamentary election in which the new party of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is set to ...

The Latest: Ukraine's leader vows to end lawmaker immunity

The Latest on Ukraine's parliamentary election (all times local): 1:10 p.m. Ukraine's president says one of the first tasks ...

The Latest: UK rejects Iran's 'tit for tat' view of tanker

The Latest on developments related to tensions between the U.S. and Iran (all times local): 12:55 p.m. The U.K.'s foreign ...

With Boris Johnson tipped to win PM race, UK eyes rocky ride

Britain is getting a new prime minister. Buckle up for a rocky ride. On Tuesday, the U.K.'s governing Conservatives will ...

Germany marks 75th anniversary of plot to kill Hitler

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged Europeans to confront populism, nationalism, racism and anti-Semitism as she paid ...

China launches STAR, tech stock market to boost industry

Trading starts Monday on a Chinese stock market for high-tech companies that play a key role in official development plans ...

Gulf tanker incidents may raise shippers' costs, cut traffic

Seizures of oil tankers and other hostile Iranian measures in the Strait of Hormuz are already raising insurance rates for ...

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

New Greek PM emphasizes tax cuts, jobs, security

New Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Saturday that cutting taxes, attracting jobs and tackling rising crime will ...

Polish city's first LGBT pride parade disrupted

Police in eastern Poland detained a number of people who threw bottles at officers and verbally abused participants in the ...

Barring of Moscow council candidates draws 12,000 to protest

About 12,000 people have turned out to protest the Moscow election commission's decision to reject several opposition figures ...

Serbia's president says Kosovo PM's resignation is a 'trick'

The surprise decision by Kosovo's prime minister to step down over a call for questioning from a Hague-based court has been ...

Milan magistrate Borrelli, led '90s kickback probes, dies

Francesco Saverio Borrelli, who as Milan chief prosecutor led the 1990s corruption probes which toppled Italy's long-ruling ...

Spain's Socialists 'convinced' new government deal is near

The No. 2 in Spain's Socialist Party says she is optimistic caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will strike a last-minute ...

Besieged Puerto Rico governor goes quiet amid protests

In the Spanish colonial fortress that serves as his official residence, Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló is under siege.