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China urges Philippines to release detained fishermen
The authorities in the Philippines have detained the crew of a Chinese fishing vessel in a disputed area of the South China ...Thai prime minister ousted, found guilty of abuse of power
Thailand\'s prime minister was forced to resign Wednesday after the Constitutional Court found her guilty in an abuse of power case, pushing ...Climate change makes America more dangerous, report says
Scientists who worked on the report said its main messsage was that climate change was already disrupting the lives of Americans – ...Embattled Thai PM testifies in abuse of power case
Thailand\'s besieged Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Tuesday denied an abuse of power allegation at the nation\'s Constitutional Court in a legal ...South Korea diver dies in sunken ferry searches
A diver died after participating in the search for missing people from last month\'s ferry disaster in South Korea, officials said, the ...Russia urges Ukraine to postpone presidential elections
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday it would be "unusual" to hold a presidential election in Ukraine while the army ...Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnap 8 more girls in Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen have kidnapped eight girls aged between 12 and 15 from a village near one of their strongholds in ...Heavy fighting in pro-Russian separatist stronghold
Heavy fighting erupted Monday in a pro-Russian separatist stronghold in eastern Ukraine, with deaths reported on both sides, as government efforts to ...WHO declares polio global health emergency
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday declared the international spread of wild polio virus in 2014 a public health crisis and ...22 migrants die after boats capsize off Greek coast
At least 22 undocumented immigrants, including three children, were killed Monday while 12 others are still missing after a sail boat capsized ...