Four killed in US bar shooting

Four people were killed and five wounded in Kansas early on Sunday when one or two suspects opened fire inside a Kansas City bar, and police were hunting for the shooters, local authorities said.

Disturbing video shows hundreds of blindfolded prisoners in Xinjiang

A drone video appearing to show hundreds of blindfolded men being led from a train in China has raised new concerns over the ongoing crackdown on Muslim Uyghurs in the far western region of Xinjiang.

Diplomats angry and afraid as Ukraine controversy embroils Pompeo's State Department

President Donald Trump's attempts to compel Ukraine to investigate the family of his chief political rival are deepening anger and concern inside the State Department as Secretary Mike Pompeo's

The UFO seekers flocking to a remote Thai hilltop in search of Buddhist aliens

A hilltop in central Thailand is attracting UFO seekers who believe extraterrestrials hover above a huge Buddha statue, send telepathic communiques, walk across nearby sugarcane fields and use a

Half of India couldn't access a toilet 5 years ago. Modi built 110M latrines -- but will people use them?

It was the ambitious sanitation campaign aimed at giving almost half of India's 1.3 billion population access to a toilet in just five years.

House Democrats subpoena White House for Ukraine documents, escalating impeachment probe

House Democrats on Friday issued a subpoena to the White House for documents related to Ukraine, ratcheting up the Democratic impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.

Boris Johnson is holding himself hostage

When launching his bid to take over as the UK's Prime Minister back in June, Boris Johnson said he wanted to do two things: get Brexit done and unite the country.

Indian royals win $43 million in dispute over bank deposit from 1948

The High Court in London has decided that a deposit left untouched in a British bank account since 1948 is the rightful property of the descendants of the monarch who transferred it -- and not Pakistan.\

Hong Kong government to discuss emergency ban on face masks, reports say

Hong Kong's Chief Executive Office is expected to discuss invoking rarely-used emergency powers to ban people from wearing face masks during public assemblies, according to local media, a move likely to infuriate the thousands of young people involved in the months-long protest movement.

Trump publicly asks China to probe Biden amid impeachment inquiry

President Donald Trump on Thursday again invited foreign interference in a US presidential election by publicly calling on China to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden, the kind of request