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Erdogan threatens court over freed journalists

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fired a fresh broadside at the country's top court over the release of two journalists, saying its existence could be in doubt if it did the same thing...

Group hounding Dalai Lama disbands after Chinese backing expose

The Buddhist group leading a global campaign of harassment against the Dalai Lama has called off its demonstrations and disbanded, according to a statement on its website. The announcement...

Arab League brands Lebanon’s Hizbollah terror group

The Arab League yesterday declared Iran ally Hizbollah a "terrorist" group, after Gulf monarchies adopted the same stance over the Lebanese Shia movement's support for the regime in Syria's...

Honduras reports first death from Zika-linked syndrome

Honduras has reported its first death from a paralysing illness linked to the Zika virus, a mosquito-borne epidemic that is spreading through Latin America and also suspected of causing birth...

Ex-Putin aide died in US hotel of head injuries

A former aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin found dead in a Washington hotel suffered blunt force injuries to the head, not a heart attack as initially claimed, the US capital's chief...

China to start civilian flights to disputed Paracels

China will begin civilian flights to and from a disputed South China Sea island within a year, state media reported yesterday, as the government expands infrastructure on islands and reefs also...

Syria opposition to go to peace talks, says Assad escalating war

Syria's main opposition group said it would attend peace talks on Monday but accused the government of President Bashar al-Assad of preparing to escalate the war. The UN-brokered talks, which...

Greece struggles to convince stranded migrants Balkan route is shut

Tens of thousands of refugees and migrants were stuck in camps and ports across Greece today as authorities struggled to convince them that the main passage to reach wealthy northern Europe has...

Danish rights campaigner guilty of ‘smuggling’ Syrians

A prominent children's rights campaigner who offered a lift to a Syrian family at the height of last year's migrant influx has been found guilty of smuggling by a court in Denmark, her lawyer...

Macedonia ‘paying for EU mistakes’ in refugee crisis, says president

Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov today angrily charged that his country had been forced to "pay for the mistakes" of the EU amid the record migrant influx. His country's border closure with...

Migration fears are valid, says Archbishop of Canterbury

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the leader of the world's Anglicans, said today that people were entitled to fear the impact of mass migration, in his first intervention in Britain's EU...

South China Morning Post website blocked in China

The website of the South China Morning Post, a Hong Kong newspaper being bought by Internet giant Alibaba, has become inaccessible in China during a series of high-level government meetings in...

5th year of war ‘worst yet’ for Syrians, say groups

Syria's fifth year of war was the worst yet for civilians increasingly beset by aid blockades and sieges, humanitarian groups said today ahead of the anniversary of the uprising. "Russia, the...

Philippines rejects talks with militants for release of captives

The Philippines will not negotiate with Islamist militants demanding ransom within a month for the release of three foreign men and a Filipino woman kidnapped from a beach resort. Army units...

UN accuses South Sudan forces rape, killing

South Sudan's government operated a "scorched earth policy" of deliberate rape, pillage and killing of civilians during the civil war in 2015, a report published today by the UN human rights...

Indonesia adamant terror mastermind won’t return from Guantanamo

Indonesia does not want one of the country's most notorious terrorists, Hambali, returned home should the United States close the controversial Guantanamo Bay detention centre, a senior minister...

Israel raids Palestinian TV station

Israeli forces raided the West Bank offices of Palestine Today television overnight and arrested its manager over allegations of inciting violence, Israel's Shin Bet internal security agency said...

Japan marks Fukushima anniversary with moment of silence

Japan paused today to mark five years since an offshore earthquake spawned a monster tsunami that left about 18,500 people dead or missing along its northeastern coast and sparked the worst...

Australia dismisses Jakarta concerns on boat turnbacks

Australia today warned of thousands of people ready to jump on asylum-seekers boats in Indonesia as it dismissed concerns in Jakarta over its controversial policy of turning back vessels. Under...

In US gun control, not all laws are equal

Gun deaths in the United States can be slashed by more than 90% through universal application of laws requiring background checks of buyers and easy tracing of every bullet fired, researchers...