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Land battle awaits Indigenous communities over Ind...
Tens of thousands of Indonesia's indigenous people are at risk of being expelled from their lands to make way for the construction...
Dead, wounded in air strike on Yemen prison
An air strike has destroyed a prison in the Huthi rebel stronghold of Saada in northern Yemen, leaving many dead or wounded, the i...
Syria Kurds hunt down IS jihadists after prison at...
Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria on Friday hunted down Islamic State group fighters after an IS attack on a Kurdish-run prison...
Missing son of hard-luck Chinese labourer long dea...
The story of a Chinese migrant worker whose plight sparked a wave of online sympathy after he tested positive for the coronavirus...
UK warns Putin faces Ukraine 'quagmire'
Russia risks becoming embroiled in a "terrible quagmire" if it invades Ukraine, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss warned Friday,...
Draghi, Berlusconi in mix as Italy elects new pres...
Italy's parliament begins voting for a new president Monday, with Prime Minister Mario Draghi tipped for election in a high-stakes...
US extends protection of Venezuelan oil unit Citgo
The US Treasury on Thursday extended by one year a rule that shields Citgo, a US-based unit of Venezuela's state-owned oil company...
West warns Russia against 'any' Ukraine incursion
The United States and its allies have warned Moscow Thursday of grave consequences if "any" of the tens of thousands of troops mas...
Biden starts second year with charm offensive -- a...
The White House launched a charm offensive, complete with a Tom Hanks video, to mark Joe Biden's first year as president Thursday,...
Colombia car bomb kills one, injures 20
A car bomb detonated in Colombia overnight outside government offices and the seat of a human rights body, killing one person and...
US inflation spike also due to generous pandemic s...
President Joe Biden blames global supply snarls for the wave of price increases hitting US consumers and businesses, but the trill...
China, Russia block US push for UN sanctions on N....
China and Russia on Thursday blocked a US push to impose United Nations sanctions on five North Koreans in response to recent miss...
US Supreme Court deals another blow to abortion pr...
The conservative-leaning US Supreme Court dealt another blow on Thursday to opponents of a Texas law that bans most abortions afte...
EU ministers mull climate policy, carbon border ta...
European Union environment ministers gathered in France Thursday to mull climate policy and the merits of a carbon border tax, whi...
US stocks fall for 3rd straight day as rally fizzl...
US stocks sank again Thursday as investors shunned equities amid lingering worries over surging global inflation and the prospect...
UN adopts resolution against Holocaust denial
The UN General Assembly on Thursday adopted a non-binding resolution calling on all member states to fight against Holocaust denia...
Biden says any Russian troop entry into Ukraine is...
US President Joe Biden said Thursday that any entry of Russian troops into Ukraine will be treated by the West as "an invasion," a...
At least two dead, 22 wounded by bomb in Pakistan'...
At least two people were killed and 22 wounded Thursday by a bomb blast in a busy shopping district of the Pakistani megacity of L...
Tear gas fired at Sudan protesters rallying agains...
Sudanese security forces fired tear gas on Thursday at protesters rallying against the killing of dozens in a post-coup crackdown,...
Turkey halts four-month streak of rate cuts
Turkey's central bank on Thursday bowed to market pressure and halted a four-month streak of interest rate cuts that saw inflation...
Indonesia to push for new global health agency, pr...
Indonesia will push for the creation of a new global health agency while the country holds the presidency of the G20, President Jo...
Google spars with EU activists after Austria data...
A years-long saga over tech firms transferring data from Europe to the US re-erupted on Thursday, days after Austrian officials sl...
Athlete surveillance warnings cloud China's Winter...
A growing number of Western nations and cybersecurity groups have issued digital surveillance warnings for next month's Winter Oly...
Taiwan VP to make US stopovers during Honduras vis...
Taiwan said Thursday its vice president will transit in the United States on his way to the inauguration of Honduras' president-el...
Ravaged by war, separatist east Ukraine fears new...
Tears stream down Antonina Zaytseva's face as she considers the possibility of her separatist region of Ukraine again being engulf...
Can the US and Russia find a diplomatic 'off-ramp'...
The United States has called for a diplomatic solution with Russia to resolve a crisis over Ukraine, but in public at least, the t...
Trickle of residents return to Fukushima's last de...
Five former residents of the last remaining uninhabited town near Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant returned on Thursday to...
Defiant Biden touts first year, vows to reconnect...
Joe Biden sought to reset his presidency in a marathon first year press conference Wednesday, vowing to reconnect with voters and...
US Senate sinks Biden push for major voting rights...
US senators dealt a death blow Wednesday to President Joe Biden's push to defend voting rights against what Democrats frame as an...
North Korea hints at restart of nuclear, long-rang...
North Korea hinted Thursday it could resume nuclear and long-range weapons tests as it prepares for "confrontation" with Washingto...
Aid cuts threaten hospitals in Syria rebel enclave
The crowded hospital in Darkush in Syria's rebel-held northwest treats around 30,000 patients every month, for free -- but now for...
Biden touts 'enormous progress' in pandemic-blight...
A defiant President Joe Biden acknowledged missteps over the still-raging pandemic Wednesday but hailed a year of "enormous progre...
US stocks tumble again as oil prices reach multi-y...
Wall Street stocks tumbled again Wednesday following a volatile session as markets grapple with the prospect of higher interest ra...
Sudan protester shot dead as US envoys visit
Sudanese security forces shot dead an anti-coup protester on Wednesday as American diplomats visited Khartoum seeking to help end...
Russians pose threat to US training mission in Ukr...
The US military could be forced to withdraw American soldiers currently based in Ukraine if Russia invades the country.
Child dies crossing river between Mexico, US
The body of a child who apparently drowned trying to cross from Mexico to the United States has been pulled from the Rio Grande al...
Greece takes delivery of Rafale jets from France
Greece on Wednesday received six Rafale jets from France in a multi-billion-euro arms deal which Athens and Paris claim boosts the...
Senior US diplomats in Sudan for talks on coup cri...
Senior US diplomats met with pro-democracy activists Wednesday in Sudan as part of talks to discuss the way forward after last yea...
Libya oil company chief appeals for state investme...
The powerful head of Libya's National Oil Corporation on Wednesday decried a lack of state investment in the country's vital energ...