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HONG KONG  ― Hong Kong activists launched their fightback Monday against Beijing’s landmark decision to limit voting reforms, heckling a senior Chinese …

WELLINGTON (AFP) ― A homeless man who allegedly shot dead two women and seriously wounded a third when he opened fire in a New Zealand welfare office was …

BANGKOK (AP) ― The general who transitioned from Thailand’s junta leader to prime minister has awarded key cabinet posts to his trusted allies from the …

Iraqi security forces and Shiite militiamen chant slogans after breaking the siege of 15,000 Shiite Turkmens stranded in the town of Amirli, 170 kilometers …

ISLAMABAD (AFP) ― Hundreds of protesters trying to topple Pakistan’s government stormed the state broadcaster on Monday, intensifying the political crisis …

BEIJING (AFP) ― A knife-wielding man stabbed eight children and a teacher in a rampage at a Chinese primary school Monday, leaving at least three of them …

JERUSALEM (AFP) ― Israel downed a drone over the occupied Golan Heights on Sunday, the army said, amid mounting tension on the U.N.-patrolled armistice line …

TRIPOLI (AP) ― An Islamist-allied militia group in control of Libya’s capital now guards the U.S. Embassy and its residential compound, a commander said …

BRUSSELS  ― European Union leaders on Sunday gave Russia a week to reverse course in Ukraine or face a new round of sanctions as Kiev warned it was on the …

MOSCOW ― Russian strongman Vladimir Putin first used “Novorossiya” ― the loaded Tsarist-era name for what is now southern and eastern Ukraine ― just …