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Feuding Democrats and Republicans in Congress are trying to dodge blame for a paralyzing standoff over immigration and showing few…

Hundreds of political prisoners have been released from Myanmar’s jails in amnesties in recent years, including dozens freed in January…

Activists are returning to the streets a year after a million people rallied worldwide at marches for female empowerment, hoping…

Amid a rise in violent crime, authorities in Jamaica have declared a state of emergency in several areas including the…

The US government shut down on Saturday after the Senate failed to pass a procedural vote on a stopgap budget…

Pope Francis sounded a stark warning about the future of the Amazon and its peoples during a visit to the…

While the Baghdad government last month declared victory over Islamic State after wresting back almost all the territory IS seized…

Rights lawyer Yu Wensheng has been detained by Chinese authorities, hours after circulating a letter calling for constitutional reforms. Yu…

A recent series of gruesome rapes and murders has sparked outrage in northern India. The incidents are the latest for…

Angela Merkel has defied many forecasts of her looming political demise in 12 years as German chancellor. And nearly four…