Dozens of Hong Kong journalists threatened in harassment campaign, says HKJA

BANGKOK — Dozens of Hong Kong journalists and their families have been harassed and intimidated in the past three months, according to the chair of a local press club

Myanmar junta makes rare request for foreign aid to cope with deadly floods

Taungoo, Myanmar — Myanmar's junta chief made a rare request Saturday for foreign aid to cope with deadly floods that have displaced hundreds of thousands of people who have already endured three years of war

China's economy softens in August as Beijing grapples with lagging demand

BEIJING — China's economy softened in August, extending a slowdown in industrial activity and real estate prices as Beijing faces pressure to ramp up spending to stimulate demand

Severe flooding worsens humanitarian crisis in Nigeria's northeast

Severe flooding in northeastern Nigeria has killed at least 30 people and affected more than 1 million others, according to national emergency officials

South Sudan postpones elections by 2 years, citing incomplete preparations

JUBA, South Sudan — The government in South Sudan has postponed elections scheduled for December for two years citing the need to complete processes such as a census, the drafting of a permanent constitution and the registration of political parties

Mourners pay respects to Ugandan athlete who died after partner set her on fire

BUKWO, Uganda — Dozens of mourners in Uganda paid respects to Rebecca Cheptegei, the Olympic athlete who died last week in Kenya after her partner set her on fire

Comoros president 'out of danger' after knife attack, minister says

MORONI, COMOROS — Comoros President Azali Assoumani is out of danger after he was injured on Friday in a knife attack by a 24-year-old police officer who was found dead in his cell a day later, officials said Saturday

Algerian court certifies Tebboune's landslide reelection win

ALGIERS, Algeria — Algeria's constitutional court on Saturday certified the landslide victory of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in last weekend's election after retabulating vote counts that he and his two opponents had called into question

Sudanese city pounded as analysts report 'unprecedented' combat

Port Sudan, Sudan — Heavy fighting on Saturday shook a Sudanese city besieged by paramilitaries, witnesses told AFP, as U

Nigerian army rescues 13 hostages from extremist group

ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigerian troops have rescued 13 hostages who were kidnapped by an extremist group in the northwestern state of Kaduna, the country's army said on Saturday

'Slave to fear': Ghosts of the gulag haunt modern Russia

Moscow — When Russians started being arrested for opposing the Ukraine offensive, Maria felt the same kind of fear she guessed her ancestors, victims of repression under Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, must have lived through

Biden meets UK’s Starmer to discuss Ukraine, Israel

US President Joe Biden met with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the White House on Friday to discuss support for Ukraine amid a push by Kyiv for Western partners to lift restrictions on using their long-range missiles to attack targets deep in[..]

In Belarus, the native language is vanishing as Russian takes prominence

TALLINN, Estonia — When school started this year for Mikalay in Belarus, the 15-year-old discovered that his teachers and administrators no longer called him by that name

China condemns German navy's transit of Taiwan Strait

BEIJING — China's military on Saturday condemned the transit of two German navy ships through the Taiwan Strait saying it increased security risks and sent the wrong signal, adding that Chinese forces monitored and warned the vessels

Animal rights groups object to Buckingham Palace guards' bearskin caps

london — An animal rights group trying to get real fur out of the bearskin caps worn by King's Guards at Buckingham Palace took aim Thursday at the cost of the ceremonial garb