China’s rubber-stamp parliament opens its annual session on Tuesday as President Xi Jinping faces growing concerns about the slowing economy, a…

Two US police officers will not face charges for shooting dead Stephon Clark, an unarmed black man, in California last March, prosecutors say. The shooting victim, aged 22, was shot at least seven times in his grandmother's backyard in Sacramento. According to the district attorney, the officers,…

Five Yemeni children were killed in an attack on their home in flashpoint Hodeida province, the UN and medics said, months into a ceasefire agreed by the government and rebels. The UN children's agency (UNICEF) said that the five children were "playing at home" when they were killed on…