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A standoff between protesters and police turned into a mass sit-in as Hong Kong's chief executive said he would not quit.

All evidence points to the People's Liberation Army as the likeliest source of Trojan horse malware targeting activists.

In condemning the protesters, an editorial in the People's Daily used a word with deep resonance in modern Chinese history.

Hong Kong's outcry for democracy finds support in the United States.

The concession came 15 minutes before a protester-made deadline for Chief Executive CY Leung's resignation passed.

Kim Yo-jong, the younger sister of the North Korean Supreme Leader, has allegedly taken over state duties.

The purchase plan may include risky loans, which would cause tension between the ECB and some member countries.

Hong Kong demonstrators are now handing out homemade gas masks after police used tear gas and pepper spray on protesters.

Leung was once known as the 'Emperor of the Working Class' in Hong Kong. Now he faces a massive pro-democracy uprising against him.

The Kentucky senator said it would "be a big mistake" to downplay Ebola's impact on the United States.

Pro-democracy activists drove both Occupy Central and the Tiananmen Square protests.

Hong Kong’s retail economy depends on mainland China tourism, which is about to be largely wiped out.

The ex-president's brother was Florida governor and has long considered a run for president. Will he do it? Big brother W thinks he should.

The Republican candidate for governor in Illinois promotes his career making millions from public pension investments.

The Nigerian military has now claimed to have killed Shekau on at least three separate occasions.

The town of Hit, in Anbar Province, is now 90 percent controlled by the Sunni militant group, according to a local politician.

Brazil votes in presidential and governmentwide elections on Sunday, and the two most viable presidential candidates are women.

Campaigners have urged police and lawmakers to control internet abuse, such as that which has targeted the McCann family.

Police officials and rescue workers were trying to control the fire, while the injured were rushed to the hospitals.

Protesters decried what they said was riot gear being brought to the protest scene outside the Hong Kong chief executive's office Thursday.

The police response to the shooting of Trayvon Martin, and Zimmerman's subsequent acquittal on state charges, caused outrage.

Authorities in the city have responded to a threat by protesters to occupy government buildings unless the city's leader steps down.

The attack by a Taliban militant is the fourth in the Afghan capital since the country's new president was sworn in Monday.

That's according to London-based group Save The Children. They also said that the scale of the disease is “massively unreported."

Nick Griffin, the former leader of the far-right British National Party was expelled from the group for 'causing disunity'.

New data shows that the three companies spending the most on EU lobbyists are all from the United States.

Mainland Chinese users of WeChat, a popular messaging service in China, are reportedly unable to see images of the Hong Kong protests.

The 'hacktivist' group has hacked websites of smaller government organizations, which have blaring music, pictures of the group’s logo.

The Obama administration said that new construction in East Jerusalem would distance Israel from 'even its closest allies'.