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More than 30,000 people gathered in Hong Kong Wednesday to show their support for seven police officers who were sentenced...

The Democratic Republic of Congo said Wednesday it was investigating "facts brought to the public's attention" after a video purportedly...

An ATM in Delhi spewed dummy 2,000-rupee notes issued by the 'Children Bank of India', prompting an investigation into the...

A Syrian migrant went on trial in Austria on Wednesday for allegedly executing 20 wounded government soldiers in his home...

Afghanistan is finally set to outlaw the sick 'bacha bazi' practice that sees young boys dressed up as women and...

US sales of existing homes rose again in January to hit their fastest pace in nearly a decade despite rising...

Leading fashion brands including H&M and Zara will boycott a key industry conference in Bangladesh in support of garment workers...

Six factory workers were burnt to death Wednesday in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad after a fire broke out...

A senior UN rights official said Wednesday that rape and inter-communal killings are still taking place in Sudan's war-scarred region...

Simba the lion and Lula the bear are the Mosul zoo's only survivors -- the other animals were killed by...

A Berlin court on Wednesday began hearing a case against a former Iraqi soldier charged with war crimes after he...

Yemen's President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi said Wednesday that Saudi Arabia has earmarked $10 billion in aid for the reconstruction of...

Pakistan's military on Wednesday launched a nationwide anti-terrorist operation days after a series of bloody extremist assaults killed dozens of...

German pharmaceuticals and chemicals giant Bayer on Wednesday said it expected further growth this year after a record performance in...

South Africa's finance minister warned Wednesday of "growing impatience and ferment" over post-apartheid inequality and slow growth as he presented...

Japanese B-movie director, Seijun Suzuki, whose prolific output from gangster films to fantasies influenced international filmmakers including Quentin Tarantino, has...

The Arab League condemned on Wednesday an Israeli court sentence of 18 months in prison for a soldier who shot...

Myanmar's security forces are investigating the deaths of eight Rohingya in custody who were among hundreds arrested during a military...

Myanmar seized a record amount of illegal timber this financial year as part of a government clampdown to protect the...

China has created a 100 million yuan ($14.5 million) fund for "anti-terrorism" awards in a violence-wracked part of the country,...