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Hong Kong’s top court overturned the convictions of three former organizers of an annual vigil in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown over their refusal to provide information to police, marking a rare victory for the city’s pro-democracy activists. Chow Hang-tung, Tang Ngok-kwan, and...

Residents fled a border area between Afghanistan and Pakistan after forces from both sides clashed into the early hours of Tuesday, March 4. It was the second consecutive day of tit-for-tat gunfire at Torkham, a key crossing between the two countries that has been closed since February 21 because of...

Thanin Kraivichien, an anti-communist judge who became Thailand’s prime minister after a 1976 military coup but was ousted by another coup a year later because of his hardline policies, has died at age 97, his family announced. Thanin had become prime minister after a tumultuous three-year period of...

Hong Kong’s largest pro-democracy party took an initial step toward dissolving Thursday, in the latest sign of the Chinese territory’s narrowing space for civil society groups following Beijng’s crackdown on dissent. The Democratic Party’s central committee decided to set up a task force to look...

The secretary general of South Korea's National Election Commission defended the integrity of the country's elections on Tuesday amid claims by impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol that votes may have been compromised. Kim Yong-bin made his remarks while testifying at a hearing in Yoon's impeachment...

Indian security forces have killed at least 31 suspected Maoist rebels in the forests of the central state of Chhattisgarh, police said, in its biggest encounter this year. Two security personnel were also killed while two others sustained injuries in the gun battle in Indravati area of Chhattisgarh...

Thousands of protesters in Bangladesh took out their anger at exiled former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by destroying a family home that came to symbolize the country’s independence. The attack was sparked by a speech Hasina planned to give to supporters from exile in neighboring India, where she...

On January 23, the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced that it will apply for arrest warrants against senior Taliban leaders for gender persecution, marking a pivotal moment in the pursuit of justice for Afghan girls and women. Under the Rome Statute, persecution on the grounds of gender is...

South Korea's prosecutors indicted impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of leading an insurrection with his short-lived imposition of martial law on December 3, 2024. Yoon's lawyers criticized the indictment as the "worst choice" made by the prosecution service, while the main opposition...

Cambodia’s government has approved a draft law that will jail for up to five years anyone denying atrocities, including genocide, committed by the Khmer Rouge. The draft law—which aims to prevent a repeat of the Khmer Rouge’s crimes and provide justice for victims—was approved during a cabinet...