HONG KONG—China’s campaign to quash dissent in Hong Kong accelerated with the arrest of pro-democracy media baron Jimmy Lai, sending an ominous signal about the future of a free press and the new limits on ...
Jimmy Lai, the outspoken publisher of Hong Kong’s widely read pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, was arrested Monday along with six others on suspicion of foreign collusion under a new national security law, expanding Beijing’s crackdown ...
BEIRUT—Tens of thousands of protesters converged Saturday on central Beirut, some clashing with security forces and taking over government buildings, as they demanded justice for a deadly explosion in the Lebanese capital they blame on ...
BEIRUT—The death toll from this week’s massive explosion in Lebanon’s capital rose to 154 Friday, as people held funerals for their loved ones and protesters geared up for demonstrations against a government they hold responsible ...
The Israeli military said its aircraft struck a number of targets in southern Syria belonging to the Syrian military on Monday in relation to a failed attack on Israeli territory a day earlier that was ...