democracy

Argentina fails to find ex-spy chief tied to dead prosecutor case

Argentine investigators failed on Thursday to track down a former spymaster wanted for questioning o...

Feb 06, 2015 06:59 AM EST

Pro-democracy protesters back in Hong Kong, no violence

Thousands of pro-democracy protesters returned to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday in the first la...

Feb 01, 2015 06:28 AM EST

U.S. worker freed from Cuba to be guest at Obama annual speech

The U.S. aid worker whose release from a Cuban prison helped pave the way toward restoring diplomati...

Jan 19, 2015 10:49 PM EST

Controversial Hong Kong media tycoon's home firebombed

The home and former offices of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, an outspoken critic of Beijing who ...

Jan 12, 2015 12:43 AM EST

Hungarians rally against PM as discontent with government grows

Thousands of Hungarians protested on Tuesday against tax hikes and perceptions of corruption, signal...

Dec 16, 2014 08:46 PM EST

Hong Kong begins clearing main pro-democracy protest camp

Hong Kong authorities started to clear the main pro-democracy protest site near the heart of the fin...

Dec 11, 2014 01:55 AM EST

Hong Kong democracy students reject calls to retreat

Hong Kong students vowed to stay put at protest sites in key parts of the Asia financial center on W...

Dec 03, 2014 12:14 AM EST

Hong Kong protesters clash with police after new clampdown

Thousands of pro-democracy activists clashed with police in running scuffles in Hong Kong's gritty M...

Nov 29, 2014 03:15 AM EST

Taiwan begins vote testing confidence in China-friendly ruling party

Voters in Taiwan began trickling into polling stations early on Saturday in a local election that co...

Nov 29, 2014 02:38 AM EST

Anxious Ferguson waits for grand jury's decision

After a fourth straight night of low-level protests in Ferguson, Missouri, anxious residents still d...

Nov 24, 2014 02:24 AM EST

Hong Kong's post-handover leader says China won't change mind on democracy: paper

Hong Kong's first leader after its return to Chinese rule says Communist Party leaders in Beijing wi...

Nov 09, 2014 11:00 PM EST

Hong Kong democracy protesters in fresh clashes with police

Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters clashed with police in the densely populated district of Mong Kok...

Nov 05, 2014 11:39 PM EST

Myanmar calls meeting of political, military heavyweights

Myanmar's president and powerful military chief will hold an unprecedented high-level meeting on Fri...

Oct 31, 2014 01:37 AM EDT

Anti-Occupy mob roughs up Hong Kong journalists

Three journalists were roughed up on Saturday evening in Hong Kong after being confronted by pro-gov...

Oct 25, 2014 08:15 PM EDT

Tunisia forces kill six after standoff with militants outside Tunis

Tunisian security forces on Friday killed six people, including five women, after a standoff with an...

Oct 24, 2014 08:36 AM EDT

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