Seven police officers were convicted Tuesday of assaulting a protester during Hong Kong's pro-democracy demonstrations in 2014.

China's announcement that it will suspend the import of North Korean coal until the end of 2017 appears to be a significant expression of Beijing's continued frustration with the Pyongyang regime.

• Facebook sued for $150 billion over violence against Rohingya in Myanmar

Saturday sees the first vote cast in one of the world's biggest exercises in democracy.

President Donald Trump on Friday renewed US security guarantees to Japan concerning islands in the East China Sea with which it has a territorial dispute with Beijing.