Botswana’s High Court has rejected sections of the penal code that criminalize same-sex relations and impose up to seven years in prison.

The Latest on the controversy over Hong Kong’s extradition laws (all times local):

Egypt is trying to halt an auction of a 3,000-year-old stone sculpture of the famed boy pharaoh Tutankhamun at Christie’s in London.

Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russia of 'wholesale violations' of its mineral resources and fishing rights in the Black Sea and other waters bordered by the two countries as Kiev urged international arbitrators to hear a case about alleged Russian breaches of a United Nations maritime treaty.

Japan’s 84-year-old former Empress Michiko has left for a three-day trip to the city of Kyoto, with her doctors saying she has a heart problem but is fine as long as her condition is checked regularly.

Norwegian authorities say they have not yet identified the source of water contamination in southern Norway that sent dozens of people to the hospital.

The speaker of the upper house of the Russian parliament on Tuesday raised concerns about a drug dealing case against a prominent investigative journalist.

A New Zealand court has stopped a man accused of murder from being extradited to China, at least for now, due to concerns he could be tortured.

When João Félix first found himself in the same locker room as Cristiano Ronaldo, he said it felt like being in a video game.

Iran has agreed to hand over a U.S. permanent resident imprisoned for years in Tehran to Lebanese officials, an Iranian judiciary official said Tuesday, providing the first official confirmation that Nizar Zakka would be sent back to his native Lebanon.