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Police prevent young activists from holding protest in Yangon over legislation they regard as restricting freedom.

An online petition to remove the "feeling fat" Facebook emoji has 15,500 signatures and counting.

He videotaped himself holding up a whiteboard, asking her to marry him, every day for a year

Another one for the "tourists behaving badly" file.

A suspect with ties to one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's top henchmen was charged Sunday in connection with the murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov. Zaur Dadayev, who...

Afghan women are anxious for assurances that their gains will not be compromised in an eventual deal with the Taliban.

Too many Nepali migrant workers never make it back from Qatar alive, with the remains of several men who take construction jobs in the Middle East repatriated each week.

Her murder shocked a nation, but according to the slain woman's father, it also woke Turkey up.

Reports from activists and residents in areas under Islamic State control suggest that rising tensions between fighters, an increase in guerrilla attacks, and difficulty recruiting new members is harming the militant gro...

Global airline group says more deaths in 2014 even though number of accidents at low

The two pilots aim to circumnavigate the globe without using any conventional fuel

Members will be suspended and the fraternity will be closed

South Korean president visits injured US envoy and reflects on her past attack by box cutter

Al Jazeera follows the heroin corridor from colourful poppy fields to a town ravaged by addiction and overdoses.

With Nigeria-based terror group Boko Haram pledging allegiance to ISIS, questions over the future of the fight against terrorism have arisen, says security analyst Peter Bergen.

Israeli PM's office denies reports based on Likud party statement suggesting he dropped support for a Palestinian state.

An eighth-grade student missing since Wednesday has been found dead, according to authorities in Pennsylvania.

Hundreds of troops from Chad and Niger launched a ground and aerial offensive against Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria on Sunday, according to residents and Nigerien military sources.

People travel from across the US to remember one of the bloodiest landmarks of the civil rights movement.

Friends and family gathered in front of the home where 19-year old killed.

After Rudy Giuliani challenged President Obama's patriotism and love of country, I wrote that the former New York mayor--while wrong--touched on "a real difference between Obama's brand of national exceptionalism and the...

An Amtrak train crashed into a tractor-trailer that was in the middle of the tracks in North Carolina today.