Hong Kong's announcement of bounties on six democracy activists based overseas "is a form of transnational repression that threatens US sovereignty," the US State Department said on Thursday.
Australian firefighters said Friday they were fighting to control a bushfire racing through a national park that has consumed an area the size of Singapore.
Japanese stocks rose Friday on a weaker yen after a muted day on Wall Street following the Christmas holiday. Japan's key Nikkei index was up more than 1 percent in morning trade, after the yen hit ...
Australia were bowled out for 474 in their first innings on the second day of the fourth Test against India in Melbourne on Friday, with Steve Smith making 140.
South Korea's spy agency said Friday it had confirmed that a North Korean soldier sent to back Russia's war against Ukraine had been captured by Ukrainian forces.