When Sir Keir Starmer stepped off his plane in Beijing two weeks ago he was greeted by a small entourage with a bouquet of flowers.

Jimmy Lai, at 78, faces what amounts to a death sentence because of his stubborn insistence on freedom of expression in Hong Kong. Political leaders and human rights activists around the world quickly ...

An Iranian teenager who took part in nationwide protests in January is facing execution after being convicted on charges of ...

Japan's Yasukuni Shrine has long been a political flashpoint across Asia. For countries like China and South Korea, its very existence is an unhealed historical trauma.

In Stanley Prison, the oldest in Hong Kong, Jimmy Lai sits in a dark, windowless cell, completely alone. He has been held in ...

Beijing targets the father of a Hong Kong dissident in the U.S.

Then there is the studied silence about the social unrest in Hong Kong in 2019. Some of today’s loudest "mourners" of Lai applauded when streets burned, legislators brawled and public order in the SAR ...

The president of Ukraine is urged to declare that Ukraine guarantees North Korean prisoners of war the freedom to choose ...

Among Mohammed bin Salman’s challenges are scaling back big projects, handling a volatile Iran, and preserving succession.

Dozens of those lined up outside the Hong Kong court where Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 20 years on Monday had been there all ...

The co-founder of the Acton Institute says Hong Kong’s 20-year prison term for media tycoon and China critic Jimmy Lai amounts to punishment for speaking out for freedom.

Team USA skier Hunter Hess walked back his "mixed emotions" in a new statement as other athletes echoed the anti-American stance.