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A Myanmar court sentenced a female activist to six months in jail on Monday for a Facebook post satirizing the…

China's first-ever law against domestic violence fails to cover some potential victims and has taken too long to pass, campaigners…

Nine people were killed and three others remain in critical condition after a huge Christmas Eve blast at an industrial…

Pope Francis on Sunday asked Central American nations to help end the "humanitarian drama" affecting thousands of US-bound Cubans stranded…

More than 100,000 people have had to evacuate from their homes in the bordering areas of Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil and…

Senior officials from South Korea and Japan will meet on Sunday to prepare for talks between their foreign ministers to…

A Chicago police officer responding to a domestic disturbance call accidentally shot and killed a 55-year-old woman, who was among…

British Prime Minister David Cameron's office said on Wednesday it was looking into the case of a family of 11…

Vienna police said on Saturday a "friendly" intelligence service had warned European capitals of the possibility of a shooting or…