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UN Calls For Halt To South Sudan Fighting
The United Nations on Saturday called for a halt to fighting in South Sudan after the government launched a new...
Judge Orders Arkansas To Conduct Autopsy On Executed Inmate
A federal judge has ordered the Arkansas authorities to conduct an autopsy on the body of an executed inmate whose...
Pope Lifts Spirits of Egypt’s Persecuted Christians
For a minority devastated by a series of church bombings that killed dozens of Christians, it was a chance for a rare...
World’s Only Tiananmen Museum Returns To Hong Kong
The world's first museum dedicated to China's Tiananmen Square crackdown will once again open its doors in Hong Kong...
Japan’s Abe Warns of ‘confusion’ Without UK/EU Brexit Deal
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday urged Britain and the European Union to secure a "smooth and...
Burundi Refugees Find Hope In ‘at Home’ Bar In Rwanda
Outside Rwanda's national stadium is a bar that has become a second home for Burundian refugees fleeing their country's...
Turkey, US Can Turn Raqa Into ‘graveyard’ For IS
Turkey and the United States can join forces to turn the Islamic State group's defacto capital of Raqa in Syria into a...
Southeast Asia Faces ‘massive’ Drugs Menace
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned Southeast Asian leaders Saturday they were facing a "massive" illegal drug...
Hamas To Amend Controversial Charter In Bid To Ease Ties
Hamas is to unveil a new version of its controversial founding charter which called for the destruction of Israel in a...
Thai Family Buries Baby Murdered On Facebook Live
Tearful relatives gathered outside a Thai temple on Saturday to bury an 11-month-old girl killed by her father in a...
Infamous Afghan Warlord Returns To Public Life After Exile
Notorious Afghan warlord and ex-prime minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar returned to public life Saturday after more than 20...
Thousands of Egypt Catholics Gather For Pope Mass
Thousands of Egyptian Catholics waving the colours of the Vatican flag gathered amid tight security Saturday in a Cairo...
Philippine Police Chief Backs ‘secret Cell’ Detention
The Philippines' police chief has defended the detention of a dozen people inside a closet-sized secret cell in a case...
Pope Francis Leads Mass For Thousands of Egyptian Catholics
Pope Francis led a jubilant mass for thousands of Egyptian Catholics on Saturday during a visit to support the...
China Deports US Woman Convicted of ‘spying’
An American woman convicted of espionage this week has been deported by China, a human rights group that campaigned for...
US Marines Return To Afghanistan’s Volatile Helmand
US Marines returned to Afghanistan's volatile Helmand province Saturday, the first to be deployed in the war-torn...
Trump Eyes Embrace of Base As He Marks Tough First 100 Days
Donald Trump faced the sober realities of his office Saturday as he marked the 100th day of a presidency stamped by...
A Chaotic Discovery of Power
From his resounding setbacks in Congress to his stunning policy flip-flops, Donald Trump has faced a steep learning...
Southeast Asian Leaders Wrestle Over China At Summit
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte faced pushback on Saturday at a regional summit in his efforts to weaken Southeast...