Society / Social Issues

By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's chief executive on Wednesday vowed no let-up in battles with Poland...

By Sara Cheng HONG KONG (Reuters) - Nine Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were sentenced to between six and 10 months...

By Sara Cheng HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's security chief called on Wednesday for the city's main press association...

BEIJING (Reuters) -China's COVID-19 outbreak in Fujian province, which has reported 152 local cases in five days, has prompted cities...

By Robert Muller KOSICE, Slovakia (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Tuesday condemned prejudice and discrimination against Europe's Roma people during...

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin received his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad on Monday for the first time since 2018...

BEIJING (Reuters) - New local COVID-19 infections more than doubled in China's southeastern province of Fujian, health authorities said on...

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean politician who once said he aspired to be a "successful Bernie...

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Here are brief profiles of the Canadian political party leaders contesting the Sept 20 election. Justin Trudeau...

By Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's government introduced a bill in parliament on Monday to prevent what it called...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's largest city Auckland will remain in lockdown to beat the spread of the Delta variant...

(Corrects spelling of women in headline) (Reuters) -Women in Afghanistan will be allowed to study in universities as the country...

By Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Pope Francis called on Sunday for vigilance against a rise in anti-Semitism, saying during...

MADRID (Reuters) - Hundreds of people gathered in central Madrid on Saturday to call for better protection for LGBT rights...

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to address parliament and hold a news conference on Tuesday...

LONDON (Reuters) - The British royals, who trace their history back more than 1,000 years, could be gone within two...

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain will create specialised groups within the Interior Ministry and the police force to prevent hate crimes...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany removed the Greek regions of Crete and the southern Aegean as well as the French regions...

By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) -A Hong Kong court on Friday rejected bail for the vice-chairwoman of a pro-democracy...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's supreme court ruled on Thursday that the protection of "life from conception" was unconstitutional, doubling...