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The visit by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the Yasukuni Shrine revived a practice that has long strained relations between Japan and its Asian neighbors.     

At least six peacekeepers from Chad are killed in clashes in the Central African Republic, the African Union force there says.

The country's army continues to battle with rebel forces after a failed coup attempt.

Thai police in the capital Bangkok fire teargas at demonstrators trying to prevent political parties from registering for February's snap elections.

Tens of thousands of troops are being deployed across Bangladesh to try to prevent potential political violence ahead of next month's elections.

Iranian lawmakers have drafted a bill that would force the government to enrich uranium up to 60% if new sanctions are imposed, state media reported Wednesday.

Calls for independent investigation into savage gang attack on opposition activist and reporter Tanya Chornovil in Kiev.

At least eight people died and dozens are forced out of their homes by heavy rain in the Caribbean islands of St Vincent and the Grenadines.

MOSCOW (AP) -- A Russian cargo plane has crashed into a military base, killing all nine crew members.     

Prospectors fighting for their livelihood in Brazil's Amazon

A corruption scandal threatens the Turkish prime minister and the Egyptian government labeled the Muslim Brotherhood, its biggest opposition group, a terrorist organization.       

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- The United Nations mission in South Sudan has denied a report of a mass grave that was issued by the office of a U.N. Commissioner for Human Rights. The Berlin office of Navi Pillay had said on Tue...

The removal of thousands of Israeli Bedouin has begun in the Negev, amid accusations the policy is discriminatory.

At least 18 migrants die as boat carrying 50 people capsizes off the Turks and Caicos islands, US Coast Guard reports.

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers says that the match officials in the Reds' 2-1 defeat at Man City were "horrendous".

Garment workers join opposition protests in Cambodia, adding pressure on government     

Sky News explores the international diamond trade in Antwerp, where £36bn worth of rough diamonds are bought or sold annually.

After hundreds of thousands spent Christmas without electricity, carbon monoxide from gasoline-powered generators was blamed for deaths in the Northeast and Midwest.     

More than 500,000 homes in the north-eastern US and the south-eastern Canada are still without electricity after last weekend's severe ice storm.

A two-alarm fire in Somerville severely damaged a multiple-unit building today, fire officials said.     

Millions of Americans are spreading holiday cheer this week, but that goodwill toward men doesn't extend to Congress, new poll numbers show.

The spiritual adviser who sends Obama his must-read daily email