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A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer has been released on bail after she appeared to confess in a video published online.

Hundreds of trains and flights have been canceled in cities across southern China as Typhoon Nida barrels toward land after battering the Philippines over the weekend.

The Taliban took credit for an explosion that targeted a Kabul, Afghanistan, hotel early Monday, the latest in a series of bombing attacks seeking to destabilize the war-torn nation.

Amidst massive food shortages and an extended state of emergency, Venezuela's government issued a decree late July that would force people to work in fields up to 60 days and possibly longer.

According to a statement by Interpol, the man, known only as 'Mike,' ran an international criminal network that hacked the email accounts of small and medium-sized businesses across the globe.

If the nightmare of blocked toilets followed by a fire wasn't bad enough for the Australian athletes in the Rio Olympic village, to add insult to injury, they've also had property stolen during an evacuation of the team's building.

A Russian helicopter with five people on board has been shot down after delivering aid to the Syrian city of Aleppo, the Russia Defense Ministry said Monday.

Uber has a new strategy in China: If you can't beat them, join them.

London's top police officer warns that the risk of a terror attack in the United Kingdom is a case of "when, not if."

Pope Francis says the rise of terrorism is being fueled by the worship of money.

It's early morning in the Ngong Hills, on the edge of the Great Rift Valley, and a group of athletes huddle together in prayer in tracksuits and long pants. It's notoriously chilly this time of year. 

The mother-in-law of Bernie Ecclestone, the head of Formula One auto racing, was freed Sunday after being kidnapped more than a week ago, authorities said.

Tokyo has elected its first female governor, the Arabic-speaking environmentalist and North Korea hawk Yuriko Koike.

Syria and Russia will establish four additional humanitarian corridors into Aleppo, Russian state media reported Sunday, a day after both governments said residents began using the routes to flee the besieged city.

Muslim community leaders have refused to bury one of the terrorists who killed a Catholic priest this week in northern France, according to the president of a local Muslim organization.

The surge in international tourists heading for Japan shows no signs of slowing.

On your marks, set, go -- the Rio Games are here and the next chapter in Olympic history is about to be written.

Young thrill-seekers in the Middle East have taken their drifting meets to private tracks and unlicensed garages where they can be as reckless as they please.

With more than 27,000 travelers passing through each day, this city landmark is still one of Thailand's busiest hubs.

Fethullah Gulen, the reclusive cleric accused by Turkey of hatching a military coup attempt, concedes that his supporters could have been involved in the putsch but again denied any direct connection.