Reuters Police put up barriers and patrolled the streets of Shanghai on the weekend A heavy police response has stifled Halloween celebrations in Shanghai, in what many have viewed as…

North Korean troops have been deployed to Russia and are operating in the Kursk border region where Ukrainian troops have a foothold, Nato has said for the first time. The…

Watch: Trump rally speaker calls Puerto Rico ‘a floating island of garbage’ A comedian at a Donald Trump rally has called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage”, sparking furious…

Former Bolivian president Evo Morales said his vehicle was shot at on Sunday, in what he claimed was an assassination attempt. Footage posted to social media shows Morales sitting in…

Japan’s prime minister Shigeru Ishiba has vowed to continue ruling the country despite a bruising loss suffered by his party at the general election. The country now faces an uncertain…

Gerard Depardieu is set to go on trial in Paris on Monday, with the French actor facing two allegations of sexual assault in the country’s highest profile #MeToo case. Depardieu…

Air quality in India’s capital Delhi has deteriorated to severe and extremely poor levels in the past few days, data shows. Pollution levels crossed 25-30 times the World Health Organization…

Reuters A prolific Vietnamese people smuggler, who entered the UK illegally this year in a small boat, has told the BBC he forges visa documents for other Vietnamese who plan…

A woman missing for six days in Australia’s Snowy Mountains has been found “dazed and injured” by emergency services after a massive search and rescue operation. New South Wales (NSW)…

For almost 35 years, Wyoming entrepreneur Alan Chadwick has run his business importing clothing from China and selling the Western-style gear to stores serving “working cowboys” in the US. Now,…