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Eight dead in fighting in Myanmar town on China border AFP on November 21, 2016, 3:17 am Yangon (AFP) - Eight people were killed Sunday when fighting broke out in a northern Myanmar town on the border with China, a region long plagued by ethnic rebel insurgencies. The clashes are another...

Taiwan ex-president Ma in court in leak case AFP on November 8, 2016, 10:55 pm Taipei (AFP) - Taiwan's ex-president Ma Ying-jeou appeared in court Tuesday as a defendant for the first time since leaving office, protesting his innocence in a political leaks controversy. Ma is accused of...

Colombia investigates death threats against Real Madrid's James AFP on October 12, 2016, 8:26 am Bogota (AFP) - Prosecutors have opened an investigation into alleged online death threats against Colombian playmaker James Rodriguez, of Real Madrid, an official said Tuesday. "The Attorney...

Taiwan charges three foreigners over $2.6 mn cyberheist AFP on September 13, 2016, 8:35 pm Taipei (AFP) - Taiwan has charged three foreigners over a $2.6 million cyberheist that used malware to hack into a major local bank's ATM network, prosecutors said Tuesday, adding that they were...

European arrests after migrant smuggling ring smashed AFP on September 7, 2016, 3:22 am Berlin (AFP) - German police on Tuesday said investigators working together across Europe had dismantled a trafficking ring suspected of smuggling Syrian refugees into the EU, leading to 16 arrests...

Burkini ban overturned in France The Associated Press First posted: Friday, August 26, 2016 09:40 AM EDT | Updated: Friday, August 26, 2016 05:20 PM EDT Tunisian women, one wearing a "burkini", right, a full-body swimsuit designed for Muslim women, swim at Ghar El Melh beach near Bizerte...

Suspected German terror plot a false alarm By Friederike Heine - AAP on August 18, 2016, 8:03 am German police have found no sign of any planned attack in the flat of a 27-year-old man who was arrested, authorities say, contradicting initial reports that the suspect had been plotting a...

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McDonald’s and Starbucks agree block US customers using Wi-Fi to look at porn PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 19 July, 2016, 1:48pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 19 July, 2016, 10:42pm Associated Press McDonald’s and Starbucks are implementing filtering technology that blocks customers using their Wi-Fi from...

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Indian court orders investigation into army killings AFP on July 9, 2016, 2:22 am New Delhi (AFP) - India's top court on Friday ordered an investigation into use of "excessive and retaliatory" force by security forces in the insurgency-wracked state of Manipur, where a controversial law...

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Hong Kong bookseller 'blindfolded, interrogated' during China detention AFP on June 17, 2016, 4:02 am Hong Kong (AFP) - A Hong Kong bookseller known for selling titles critical of Beijing told Thursday how he was blindfolded, kept in a cell and interrogated by Chinese authorities after going...

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Bacteria hampers mosquitoes' ability to spread Zika: study AFP on May 5, 2016, 4:53 am Miami (AFP) - A bacterium known as Wolbachia, which is fairly common in insects, can reduce mosquitoes' ability to spread the Zika virus, researchers said Wednesday. The study in the journal Cell Host and...

Spiritual leader in India backs female genital mutilation PUBLISHED : Saturday, 30 April, 2016, 1:30am UPDATED : Saturday, 30 April, 2016, 1:30am Reuters A speech by the spiritual leader of the Dawoodi Bohra community, in which he appears to be urging followers in India to continue the...

Editor of LGBT magazine hacked to death in Bangladesh Oren Dorell, USA TODAY 4:30 p.m. EDT April 25, 2016 (Photo: Abir Abdullah, EPA) A U.S. government employee, who was editor of an LGBT magazine in Bangladesh, was hacked to death Monday in the capital of Dhaka, officials said. A group of...

Belgian minister quits over airport safety AAP on April 15, 2016, 10:43 pm Belgium's transport minister has resigned following opposition accusations she lied about an EU report that criticised security at Brussels Airport a year before last month's Islamic State suicide bombings...

Inmate killed ex-wife, buried body under cell: Officials THE ASSOCIATED PRESS First posted: Thursday, April 07, 2016 01:45 PM EDT | Updated: Thursday, April 07, 2016 01:59 PM EDT In this July 10, 2015 file photo, soldiers and policemen secure the perimeter of Palmasola prison before the...

Chinese man allegedly hired to kill schoolgirl’s lesbian lover 16 years ago to stand trial Police say teenager’s father hired the suspect simply to beat up the victim, but a lawyer offered to ‘fix the problem once and for all’ PUBLISHED : Thursday, 31 March, 2016, 4:01pm UPDATED : Thursday, 31...