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

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

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

Income rules which stop thousands of British citizens bringing their foreign spouse to the UK are lawful “in principle” the ...

A South African private equity firm has acquired the Kenyan unit of global insurance broker Aon for an undisclosed amount. ...

Rival Syrian camps were due in Geneva Wednesday for UN-brokered talks to end the six-year conflict with persistent violence and ...

Thai football authorities said on Tuesday they would cancel the tickets of around 800 'ultras' for three World Cup qualifiers ...

Afghanistan is set to lay out stringent penalties for "bacha bazi" -- sexual slavery and abuse of boys -- for ...

An Australian pilot who died in a Melbourne plane crash had been investigated before over a "near collision" in 2015, ...

The White House hinted Tuesday that it could overturn protections for transgender students that required public schools to allow youths ...

An Israeli military court on Tuesday sentenced a soldier to 18 months in prison for shooting dead a wounded Palestinian ...

An Israeli military court on Tuesday sentenced a soldier to 18 months in prison for shooting dead a wounded Palestinian ...

Upcoming Syria peace talks remain focused on negotiating a "political transition" in the war-ravaged country, the UN mediator's office said ...

It is believed they were trying to cross the Mediterranean to Italy. Migrant deaths have risen to record levels along ...

Refugee deaths have risen to record levels across the Mediterranean Sea in the past year Libya's Red Crescent has said ...

Diplomatic tensions escalated Tuesday between Turkey and Iran as the countries traded accusations over their roles in the Syria conflict ...

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, the world's oldest national ruler, turned 93 on Tuesday, using a long and occasionally rambling interview ...

The United States and France called on the Democratic Republic of Congo to investigate a video purporting to show soldiers ...

Hundreds of Afghan families have been displaced by cross-border rocket and artillery fire by Pakistani troops, an aid group said ...

A convoy carrying the prime minister of Libya's U. N.-backed government and the heads of an allied parliament and presidential ...