Peru bars second-place presidential candidate
The second-place candidate in Peru\'s presidential election was disqualified Wednesday over procedural irregularities, upending the campaign and giving controversial frontrunner Keiko Fujimori ...Syria opposition sees fewer truce breaches, U.N. prepares talks
The Syrian opposition said on Wednesday there had been fewer breaches of a truce agreement by the government and its allies in ...Prayers, cheers as total eclipse darkens swath of Asia
People gazed at the sky in wonder and cheered while others knelt in prayer as a total eclipse of the sun unfolded ...Sanders, Trump win Michigan presidential primaries
Bernie Sanders has won the Democratic primary in Michigan, US networks said, in an upset for frontrunner Hillary Clinton who was predicted ...Slovenia, Croatia ban transit of migrants as crisis spirals
Slovenia and neighbouring Croatia will from Wednesday refuse the transit of most migrants through their territory in a bid to seal off ...Europe effectively shuts its borders, stranding thousands
Migrants hoping to trek from Greece towards northern Europe found their path blocked Wednesday after a string of western Balkan nations slammed ...U.N., rights groups say EU-Turkey migrant deal may be illegal
The United Nations and human rights groups warned on Tuesday that a tentative European Union deal to send back all irregular migrants ...South Korea issues new sanctions against North, bans ships via North ports
South Korea said on Tuesday it would impose new sanctions against 40 individuals and 30 entities because of suspected links to North ...Turkey raises stakes with EU on curbing migrant wave
Turkey offered the European Union greater help on Monday to stem a flood of migrants into Europe but raised the stakes by ...Hopeless and broke, some Afghan migrants return from Europe
After risking death on the migrant trail and two months in "nightmarish" refugee centres in Germany, Mohammed Asif bought a one-way ticket ...
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