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Police fired chemical-laced blue water and tear gas at protesters who lobbed Molotov cocktails outside the Hong Kong government office complex Sunday, as violence flared anew after thousands of pro-democracy supporters marched through downtown in defiance of a police ban. A mixed crowd of hardcore protesters in black and wearing masks, along with families with children, spilled into the roads...

Skirmishes broke out Saturday between supporters of the ongoing protests for democratic reforms in Hong Kong and supporters of the central government at a shopping mall in the semiautonomous Chinese territory. Hundreds of pro-Beijing demonstrators sang the Chinese national anthem, waved red flags and chanted slogans at Amoy Plaza in the densely packed Kowloon district. Opposing protesters quickly gathered there,...

As the death toll from the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka rose to 321 on Tuesday, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility and released images that purported to show the attackers, while the country’s prime minister warned that several suspects armed with explosives are still at large. Another top government official said the suicide bombings at the churches, hotels and...

A diverse crowd marched through the streets of Denton Monday, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Thousands of people waved and cheered Thursday as funeral train No. 4141 — named for the 41st president — carried President George H.W. Bush from Houston to his final resting place on the grounds of his presidential library in College Station.

Former President George H.W. Bush will be honored during several public and private events in Houston and Washington before his burial Thursday in Texas.

President Donald Trump declared Wednesday, Dec. 5 a National Day of Mourning in remembrance of former President George H.W. Bush.

Call it a rare show of solidarity among the stars of local TV news.

The city of Panjin holds a lantern festival every year featuring giant lanterns to celebrate China’s National Day.

Americans looked back on 9/11 Tuesday with tears and somber tributes as President Donald Trump hailed “the moment when America fought back” on one of the hijacked planes used as weapons in the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil. Victims’ relatives said prayers for their country, pleaded for national unity and pressed officials not to use the 2001 terror attacks...

Italy’s president demanded guarantees Saturday that all the nation’s roads are safe following the Genoa highway bridge collapse, after he hugged and comforted mourners at a state funeral in the grieving port city. President Sergio Mattarella spoke quietly to victims’ families before the ceremony began on Genoa’s fairgrounds. Usually reserved in demeanor, Mattarella was embraced tightly for a long moment...

Outside a sprawling mall in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, young single men and women walk through an open-air exhibit where Saudi women and traffic police explain the ins and outs of handling a car. Children take a lap around a makeshift course in tiny electric cars as clowns appear on a small stage, dancing for the crowd. A song with...

President Donald Trump announced Thursday a new initiative that aims to give faith-based groups a stronger voice throughout the federal government and provide recommendations on administration policies. The White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative will serve as a watchdog for government overreach on religious liberty issues, according to a White House statement. Trump signed the executive order during an event...

The White House has invited members of the Texas church where a gunman killed more than two dozen people last year to Washington for the National Day of Prayer.

First came Kuwait. Then Saudi Arabia and Turkey. Now it’s the Philippine government’s turn to book rooms or host events at the Trump International Hotel in Washington D.C., riling critics who say such bookings are nothing more than attempts to curry favor with President Donald Trump.

A standing-room-only crowd packed into a church Thursday to celebrate the life of a 22-year-old black man who was shot to death by Sacramento police, prompting angry protests and a resolve to force changes in police departments around the country....
Later Thursday, about 100 protesters blocked downtown streets for the third day in a row during rush hour while the police...

In today’s technology driven world, it seems everyone has a digital device. But starting Friday at sundown, there’s a challenge to “unplug” and reconnect with our loved ones and communities.

Yemeni rebels killed their erstwhile ally Ali Abdullah Saleh, the country’s former president and strongman, as their forces battled for control of the capital, Sanaa, officials said. The collapse of their alliance throws Yemen’s nearly 3-year-old civil war into unpredictable new chaos. The circumstances of Saleh’s death were unclear but Houthi officials said their forces caught up with him as...

The United Arab Emirates on Sunday denied a claim by Yemen’s Shiite rebels that a rebel missile had been fired toward the country’s under-construction nuclear plant. The rebels, known as Houthis, earlier in the day claimed they had launched a missile toward the plant in Abu Dhabi in the first such strike toward the country. “The National Emergency and Crisis...