India's interior minister has vowed to tackle chronic court backlogs by issuing bail to detainees awaiting trial for non-serious crimes who have completed at least a third of their possible sentence.

Beijing on Wednesday slammed Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai as an "agent and lackey for anti-China forces" as he gave evidence for the first time in his foreign collusion trial in the semi-autonomous city ...

Japanese shoppers are snapping up designer goods, fueled by rising wages and a strong stock market. What that means for LVMH, ...

Britain's annual inflation rate jumped more than expected in October to back above the Bank of England's target as households and businesses faced higher energy bills, official data showed Wednesday.

Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai testified Wednesday that he asked former US vice president Mike Pence to "voice out" support for Hong Kong in a 2019 meeting but insisted he did not ask ...

It was an unlucky day in the Burmese calendar, farmer Yar Swe Kyin warned her husband in July, begging him not to go out to ...

Shares in the Japanese parent of 7-Eleven soared on Wednesday after a media report said its founding family wanted to take the firm private before the end of March as it looks to fend off a ...

Jayson Tatum scored 33 points as the Boston Celtics ended the Cleveland Cavaliers' 15-game unbeaten start to the season with ...

Australia and India have been facing each other in Test cricket since 1947 and renew their rivalry in Perth on Friday, playing a five-match series for the first time since 1991-92.

India head into a hotly anticipated five-Test showdown against Australia starting in Perth on Friday wounded by their first ...

The UN Security Council is expected to vote Wednesday on another draft resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza in its latest attempt to exert pressure to end the war.

Russia said it had shot down 50 Ukrainian drones overnight and early Wednesday -- particularly over regions bordering Ukraine.