Mon, Oct 14 2019

Voters across the country will have to show identification such as driving licences or passports before casting their ballot, under plans to be unveiled in the Queen's Speech. Ministers are planning to introduce a legal requirement for voters to…

A Hong Kong police officer was slashed in the neck during a confrontation with protesters, as violent clashes continued following the most-destructive weekend since unrest began more than four months ago. Demonstrators spread out in 18 districts on…

At least four people died and 17 were missing as a powerful typhoon slammed Japan, causing flooding and landslides across the central and eastern parts of the country and leaving hundreds of thousands without power. More than 100 people were…

South Korea's newly appointed justice minister offered to resign amid widening corruption investigations, the ministry said, dealing a political blow to President Moon Jae-in. Cho Kuk was expected to offer to step down Monday, the Justice's…

Congress envisioned a white, Protestant and culturally homogeneous America when it declared in 1790 that only “free white persons, who have, or shall migrate into the United States” were eligible to become naturalized citizens. The…