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Clashes broke out between police and Hong Kong demonstrators Saturday as the latest anti-government protests took aim at traders coming across the border from mainland China.

A Canadian teacher jailed in Indonesia after being convicted of child sexual assault has been freed and returned home after being granted a presidential pardon, an official said Friday.

At least 17 people have been killed across Nepal after torrential monsoon rains induced floods and landslides, officials said Friday.

As Hong Kong is rocked by political chaos, Chinese mainlander Briony Lin has found herself joining the mass protests, an act that would be unthinkable under the authoritarian regime back home.

Factory prices in China were unchanged in June from a year ago, data showed Wednesday, reviving the prospect of deflation as the U.S. trade war hits the crucial manufacturing sector.

A guilt-ridden neighbour of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern revealed Wednesday that he was responsible for accidentally killing the nation's "First Cat" Paddles while reversing out of his driveway.

Hong Kong's embattled pro-Beijing leader on Tuesday said a China extradition bill that sparked unprecedented political unrest "is dead" -- but protesters immediately dismissed her comments, threatening more mass rallies.

Hong Kong activist Denise Ho urged the international community Monday to increase pressure on China, in a speech to the UN rights council interrupted twice by a diplomat from Beijing.

Anti-government protesters in Hong Kong began circulating plans on Monday to "stress test" the Bank of China in their bid to keep pressure on the city's pro-Beijing leaders, after five people were arrested in the latest clashes with police.

Caught in the crossfire of the US-China trade war, Chinese students are looking for alternative study destinations -- threatening to turn off an important source of revenue for American universities.