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HONG KONG (AP) Scores of protesters chanted slogans outside a stadium in Hong Kong where embattled city leader Carrie Lam held a town hall session on Thursday aimed at cooling down months of demonstrations for greater democracy in the semi-autonomous Chinese …

Mr. Joko rose to national prominence at least in part because he was a civilian and, unlike his opponents, was unburdened by prior political sins like human rights violations. He promised, among other things, welfare for the poor and a break and a reckoning w…

The charred remains of SHO Subodh Kumar Singhs vehicle set on fire by a mob in Bulandshahr on Monday. (Express file photo) The Allahabad High Court Wednesday granted bail to the main accused in last year’s Bulandshahr violence that had led to the death of a …

BERLIN (Reuters) - A majority of Germans in the former communist East feel like second-class citizens almost three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall even though they are catching up economically with western regions, a government report showed on Wedn…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) California prison officials have halted an experiment aimed at forcing warring prison gangs to get along with each other after the inmates wound up brawling and even rioting when allowed to mingle together in prison recreation yards, o…

Joaquin Phoenix walked out of an interview when asked to respond to concerns about onscreen violence in his new film, “Joker,” which tells the origin story of the DC comic book villain.  For an article published Friday, Telegraph film critic Robbie Collin sa…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. congressional committees are due to start voting next week on legislation supporting human rights in Hong Kong, with measures under consideration including annual reviews of the Chinese territory’s special economic status and the i…

The more we see and hear about Damon Lindelofs upcoming Watchmen series, the more it becomes obvious that while the show is still set in the same world as Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons original comic, it really is its own distinct narrative thats trying to use …

With a trial court acquitting her Tuesday, her ordeal has finally come to an end (Representative Image) It took courage for Satnami Bai (58) to recount how her husband was beaten with sticks and burnt to death by a mob during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. When …

The Atlantic Festival will open next Tuesday with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in conversation with The Atlantic’s editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg, kicking off three full days of events from September 24-26, 2019, at the Harman Center for the Arts and v…