For the first time in the history of the Index, the conditions for practising journalism are poor in half of the world’s countries and satisfactory fewer than one in four.

Japanese fighters were scrambled and China deployed a helicopter after a Japanese civilian plane reportedly entered airspace ...

Pressure group says backlog of cases exceeds 18,000 and processing times have become as long as 18 months, far exceeding ...

UN Secretary General António Guterres on Friday condemned the violence against civilians in Syria and Israel’s violation of Syria’s sovereignty, following airstrikes near the presidential palace in ...

China has said it's evaluating approaches from US officials to start negotiations about tariffs, a potential deescalation in ...