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 .  . BEIJING – China has banned most imports of North Korean coal and iron ore, the country’s main exports, in a significant increase in pressure...
. . ANKARA – Syrian women and children trying to escape from civil war and ISIL are being forcibly returned to the country, in direct contravention...
. . WASHINGTON -Â In a landmark decision, the US military has granted a decorated Sikh-American officer a long-term religious accommodation allowing him to continue serving...
. . KUALA LUMPUR – The Wall Street Journal has uncovered reports that Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s bank accounts were used to purchase $15 million...
. NAYPYITAW– Members of Aung San Suu Kyi’s victorious National League for Democracy (NLD) were in tears on Wednesday as Myanmar swore in its first president...
. TAIPEI – An enraged crowd called for justice and the death penalty after Taiwanese suspect Wang Jingyu was arrested for beheading a four-year-old girl in...
 . TOKYO – Police in Japan have detained a 23-year-old man wanted for abducting the girl and holding her captive in his apartment for two years....
. HAGUE, Netherlands – A U.N. court convicted former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic of genocide and nine other charges Thursday and sentenced him to 40...
 . BRUSSLES – Police are holding six people following a series of raids in Brussels over the attacks on the city’s airport and Metro system. The...
. . WELLINGTON – New Zealand has voted to keep its current flag by a margin of 57 per cent to 43 per cent in a...