Across India, opposition building against citizenship law
NEW DELHI — Thousands of university students flooded the streets of India's capital, while a southern state government led a march and demonstrators h...
US says it won’t accept North Korea-set nuclear deadline
SEOUL, South Korea — A senior U.S. diplomat said Monday that Washington won’t accept a year-end deadline set by North Korea to make concessions in sta...
Sackler-owned opioid maker pushes overdose treatment abroad
The gleaming white booth towered over the medical conference in Italy in October, advertising a new brand of antidote for opioid overdoses. “Be prepar...
Police targets of both love and anger at Hong Kong rallies
Several thousand people, some making heart signs with their hands, turned out in Hong Kong on Sunday in an unusual display of support for the police f...
Tokyo’s new stadium: A masterpiece by Japan’s Kengo Kuma
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spoke at Sunday's official completion of the new national stadium, the venue for the opening and closing ce...
Strong quake kills 1, collapses building in Philippines
DAVAO, Philippines — A strong earthquake jolted the southern Philippines on Sunday, killing at least one person and causing a three-story building to ...
China delays tariffs on US autos, other goods in trade deal
BEIJING — China’s government says it will postpone planned punitive tariffs on U.S.-made automobiles and other goods following an interim trade deal w...
Tiger Woods caps comeback year by leading emotional team win
MELBOURNE, Australia — The emotions poured out of Tiger Woods, just like they did at Augusta National in the spring, except this felt different.
Tiger Woods and US team rally to win Presidents Cup again
MELBOURNE, Australia — High emotions, fierce hugs from Tiger Woods, this time as a winner both ways in the Presidents Cup.
Supporters of embattled Thai opposition party hold big rally
BANGKOK — Several thousand supporters of a popular opposition party in Thailand that is under threat of dissolution rallied Saturday in the nation's c...
Houses of worship attacked with deadly frequency in 2019
On Dec. 1, a band of assailants opened fire on worshippers at a small-town Protestant church in Burkina Faso, an impoverished West African country whe...
Reed’s caddie out of Presidents Cup after conflict with fan
MELBOURNE, Australia — The caddie for Patrick Reed will not be on the bag for the final session of the Presidents Cup after shoving a spectator who he...
International clings to 2-point lead in Presidents Cup
MELBOURNE, Australia — The International team has the lead going into the final day of the Presidents Cup for the first time in 16 years, and it has a...
Cries of abuse in Catholic Church start to be heard in Japan
TOKYO — During Pope Francis’ recent visit to Japan, Harumi Suzuki stood where his motorcade passed by holding a sign that read: “I am a survivor.”
AP Exclusive: China tightens up on info after Xinjiang leaks
The Xinjiang regional government in China’s far west is deleting data, destroying documents, tightening controls on information and has held high-leve...
Holloway, Nunes eager to show championship form at UFC 245
LAS VEGAS — With a months-long barrage of trash talk and provocative posturing, Colby Covington and champion Kamaru Usman have infused their welterwei...
American Samoa declares measles outbreak, closes schools
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa — The government of American Samoa declared that the U.S. territory has an outbreak of measles, a move that will lead to the...
Pro-government protesters denounce Hong Kong ‘rioters’
HONG KONG — Only after finding safety in numbers, joining hundreds of other pro-government protesters in Hong Kong on Saturday, did Reddy Lin drum up ...
Navy vet’s ashes destined for sunken Pearl Harbor battleship
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — On Dec. 7, 1941, then-21-year-old Lauren Bruner was the second-to-last man to escape the burning wreckage of the USS Arizona af...
‘Sportswashing’ fears dog Ruiz-Joshua fight in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — In one part of Riyadh, two of the world’s most high-profile boxers squared off at a weigh-in outside a 5-star hotel ahead of th...
Ruiz even heavier for his heavyweight rematch with Joshua
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — World heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr. will be nearly 50 pounds heavier than Anthony Joshua for their title rematch on Saturd...
Troubled waters: Open water swimming faces do-over of 2016
ATLANTA — Haley Anderson has been through this before.
Indian police fatally shoot 4 suspects in gang-rape case
NEW DELHI — An Indian police official says four men accused of raping and killing a woman in India's southern city of Hyderabad have been fatally shot...
Injured journalist seeks answers from Hong Kong police
HONG KONG — More than two months after being blinded in one eye by what she believes was a projectile fired by riot police, Indonesian video journalis...
Mekong River’s new aquamarine color may be sign of trouble
BANGKOK — The Mekong River has recently acquired an aquamarine color that may beguile tourists but also indicates a problem caused by upstream dams, e...
Prosecution: ICC judges were wrong to reject Afghan probe
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — International Criminal Court judges overstepped their powers when they refused to authorize an investigation into allegations...
New dawn for boxing as Ruiz, Joshua set for Saudi rematch
The thick, sparkling ring on his right hand and the diamond-studded watch around his left wrist were indications of just how much life has changed for...
China says US must cut tariffs in trade deal
BEIJING — Washington must roll back punitive tariffs on Chinese imports if the two sides reach a trade deal, China said Thursday, indicating Beijing i...
Asian shares rise on optimism about US-China trade deal
TOKYO — Asian shares were rising Thursday amid renewed hopes a U.S. trade deal with China may be nearing, despite tough recent talk from President Don...
Hong Kong residents living with tear gas worry of effects
HONG KONG — By day, the small commercial kitchen in a Hong Kong industrial building produces snacks. At night, it turns into a secret laboratory assem...