Dozens of former lawmakers and opposition activists were arrested Wednesday morning in Hong Kong, on suspicion of violating the city's sweeping national security legislation, in the biggest crackdown yet since the law was imposed by Beijing last year.

Covid-19 tests are in high demand as cases surge, with some Americans waiting in long lines at medical centers and drive-through sites. But now an at-home coronavirus test is available on Amazon.

A British judge denied bail for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, just days after she rejected a US request to extradite him to America.

Self-defense, an essential tool for women living in Katanga, is a concept Hellen Baleke knows very well. In this slum -- one of the largest in Kampala, Uganda's capital city -- boxing gives women the opportunity to learn a new skill and keeps them off the streets. "You have to fight if you want to survive," says Baleke.

It's hard to imagine anyone has had a better year than Elon Musk did in 2020.

The World Health Organization said that China has blocked the arrival of a team investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, in a rare rebuke from the UN agency.

Countries around the Asia-Pacific region have closed borders and imposed strict quarantine requirements, essentially sealing themselves off from the world.

Shake Shack is kicking off 2021 by introducing a new contender to the fast food industry's already-crowded chicken sandwich wars.

Gulf Arab countries signed an agreement aimed at resolving a long-running dispute with Qatar on Tuesday, in a public reconciliation between Doha and its neighbors that paves the way for the end of an embargo on the tiny gas-rich nation.

A group of major oil producers including Saudi Arabia and Russia is deadlocked over whether to increase output as the pandemic forces some economies back into lockdown and governments struggle to distribute vaccines.