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Hundreds of thousands gather in South Korea for fifth week of protests against Park
Hundreds of thousands rallied in central Seoul on Saturday for a fifth week of protests against President Park Geun-hye, in the largest ...More than 40 dead as trains collide in Iran
At least 40 people were killed and 100 injured when one Iranian passenger train collided with another at a station about 150 ...Argentina says to discuss Falklands war dead with UK
Argentina says it has agreed with Britain to discuss exhuming and identifying Argentines who were buried in the Falklands after being killed ...Trump picks Nikki Haley and Betsy DeVos as first women for cabinet
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and prominent charter ...Tensions soar as Indian fire hits bus in Kashmir, killing 10
Indian troops fired on a Pakistani passenger bus in Kashmir on Wednesday, killing 10 civilians in one of the deadliest incidents in ...U.N. says nearly 1 million Syrians besieged; U.S. names, shames commanders
The number of besieged Syrians has more than doubled over the past year to nearly one million, the United Nations aid chief ...Turkey withdraws child sex bill after protests
The Turkish government on Tuesday withdrew a controversial bill that could overturn men\'s convictions for child-sex assault, after an angry public backlash ...Fears for Aleppo civilians as Syria regime advances
Syrian government forces advanced quickly inside rebel-held east Aleppo on Monday, as the UN raised the alarm for nearly one million people ...More than 18 million on HIV treatment, a million more than 2015 -UNAIDS
More than 18 million people now have access to life-saving AIDS treatment, 1.2 million more than at the end of last year, ...7.3-magnitude earthquake strikes off Japan
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 hit northern Japan on Tuesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, issuing tsunami advisories for ...