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By Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK – Ramadan bombings in Thailand’s Muslim-majority deep south will not derail peace talks with separatist rebels, the government said on Sunday after a sidelined insurgent group …

(Reuters) – Relatives of hundreds of prisoners gathered outside Myanmar’s Insein Prison on Sunday after the military government announced the release of 1,600 prisoners in an amnesty to mark the …

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan said on Sunday said incidents of its security forces being targeted in cross-border attacks from Afghanistan had risen significantly, and called on Taliban authorities to act against …

MUMBAI -Indian police arrested 14 people in connection with violent clashes between Hindus and Muslims during a Hindu religious procession in the country’s capital, New Delhi, police said in a …

By Tyler Clifford (Reuters) – The family of an African refugee killed by a Michigan police officer during a traffic stop demanded on Thursday that authorities dismiss the officer from …

By Soo-hyang Choi and Josh Smith SEOUL -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed the test firing of a new type of tactical guided weapon aimed at boosting the country’s …

ISTANBUL – A yacht linked to Russian aluminium tycoon Oleg Deripaska arrived in a bay near the southwestern Turkish resort of Gocek on Saturday, as more Russian billionaires head for …

(Reuters) -Twelve people were injured, 10 of them by gunfire, in a shooting that erupted on Saturday inside a shopping mall in Columbia, South Carolina, and three people were taken …

By David Ljunggren and Lidia Kelly (Reuters) – Russia’s defence ministry has told the Ukrainian forces still fighting in the besieged southern port of Mariupol to lay down their arms …

SYDNEY – Australia would continue to cooperate with Solomons Islands on matters of security even if the Pacific island nation signs a proposed security agreement with China that Australia opposes, …

By Pavel Polityuk and Maria Starkova KYIV/LVIV/MARIUPOL, Ukraine -Russia said its troops had cleared the urban area of Mariupol and only a small contingent of Ukrainian fighters remained inside a …

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY -Pope Francis condemned the cruelty of the war in Ukraine on Saturday at an Easter vigil Mass he attended but at which he did not …

LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will seek to put his domestic problems behind him when he visits India this week on a trip to strengthen links between the …

By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON – U.S. border authorities arrested 210,000 migrants attempting to cross the border with Mexico in March, the highest monthly total in two decades and underscoring challenges …

Normandy, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector’s Eagle Pass North Station apprehended two large groups of migrants in two days after they illegally entered the …

By Anushree Fadnavis NEW DELHI -Clashes broke out during a Hindu religious procession in the Indian capital New Delhi on Saturday, injuring several people, including policemen, police said, days after …

(Reuters) -The head of the Russian navy, Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov, has met with crew members from the sunken missile cruiser Moskva and said they would continue to serve in the …

By Jon Nazca FUENTES DE ANDALUCIA, Spain – A peaceful white-walled village in southern Spain has changed its name to Ukraine in solidarity with those caught up in the conflict …

By John Irish and Clotaire Achi PARIS -Thousands of anti-far right protesters marched across France on Saturday as opponents of presidential candidate Marine Le Pen seek to form a united …

By Michel Rose MARSEILLE, France – President Emmanuel Macron promised on Saturday to make France the “first great nation” to stop using oil, coal and gas as energy sources, in …

SHANGHAI -Three Chinese astronauts returned to earth on Saturday after 183 days in space, state television reported, completing the country’s longest crewed space mission to date. The astronauts landed nine …

PARIS – French security forces briefly fired tear gas in Paris on Saturday as opponents of the far-right marched in the capital, according to a Reuters witness. Demonstrators resumed their …