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Thailand's junta said on Monday it had ordered the Thai ambassadors to the United States and Britain to meet human rights groups in an effort to "create understanding" about its seizure of power. Several Western governments have spoken out against...

Militants have stormed a university in the Iraqi city of Ramadi, briefly taking dozens of students and staff hostage before retreating under fire. At least two people died in the attack, but officials said security forces were now back in...

South African President Jacob Zuma has been admitted to the hospital for tests, his spokesman Mac Maharaj said in a statement Saturday. "Yesterday President Zuma was advised to rest following a demanding election and transition programme to the new administration,"...

Abdullah Abdullah, front-runner in Afghanistan's presidential election, escaped assassination on Friday when two bombs blew up outside a hotel where he had just staged a rally, killing six people. The midday blasts, one caused by a suicide bomber, destroyed a...

Canadian police have arrested a man suspected to have shot dead three police officers and wounded two more, ending a massive manhunt, the police said on Friday. The shooting in the eastern city of Moncton was one of the worst...

The United States and its allies used the first Group of Seven meeting without Russia in 17 years to condemn Moscow's actions in Ukraine and threaten hard-hitting sanctions if President Vladimir Putin does not help restore stability. Meeting in Brussels...

Police in New Brunswick scoured overnight for a man they say fatally shot three of their officers and wounded two others in the Canadian province. "Shooter still believed to be in Pinehurst Subdivision area of Moncton. Stay locked inside. Leave...

The United States will strengthen its presence in the Black Sea region using part of a $1 billion fund promised to NATO allies on Russia's borders, and will continue to send warships to the area, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel...

Ukrainian government forces battled separatists with artillery and automatic weapons on Wednesday in a second day of fighting in and around Slaviansk, forcing many residents to flee. The Kiev government, trying to break rebellions by pro-Russia militias, said over 300...

US President Barack Obama is meeting Ukraine's President-elect Petro Poroshenko in Warsaw, to discuss providing economic support. Mr Obama has said he will offer US support as Kiev tries to settle a gas bill with Russian supplier Gazprom, which has...