Billionaire Foxconn founder Terry Gou is running an unconventional and populist campaign for Taiwan's president. He says he will bring stability to Taiwan-China relations.
Critics allege that China's hypocrisy goes unchecked because of the hunger for the Chinese market and its value to the global economy, even as it commits alleged human rights abuses.
The U.K.'s top immigration official said this week multiculturalism has failed, and she made a call to reconsider how refugee and asylum claims are adjudicated.
Russian athletes will not be allowed to compete in the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris using the flag or emblems of their country, according to the International Paralympic Committee.
A pilot with British Airways was suspended and later fired after he revealed to a fellow crew member that he had used cocaine the night before a flight.
Acting Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who once held the position outright, may have a chance to reclaim power as conservatives struggle to gain support for a new government.
Eswatini, a small, landlocked country in southern Africa, held parliamentary elections Friday. Elected officials serve primarily as advisors to a king who still wields absolute power.
A nighttime shooting incident occurred at a hospital in northern Mexico, resulting in the deaths of four individuals, including a doctor, local authorities reported on Friday.
French authorities are taking action to eliminate bedbugs as the Paris Olympics approach, amid concerns about the pests infesting public transportation and spaces.
In Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp a Palestinian security force was deployed to a school complex, taking the place of armed occupants who had been there since late July.
Backed by American forces, Syrian Kurdish fighters have reportedly captured Mahmdouh Ibrahim al-Haji, described as a "key facilitator" of the Islamic State group.
During the start of a high-level U.S.-Mexico meeting in Washington, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador criticized U.S. aid to Ukraine and economic sanctions.