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A police officer in the US state of Ohio has shot dead a 16-year-old black girl while responding to an emergency call over an attempted stabbing. The teenager involved in...

Driving to Taliban-controlled territory doesn't take long. Around 30 minutes from the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif, passing large craters left by roadside bombs, we meet our host: Haji Hekmat, the...

One of Myanmar's most popular celebrities has been arrested by the military as part of a growing crackdown on artists and actors. Paing Takhon, a model and actor with millions...

Tens of thousands of people have turned out to protest in the streets of Myanmar's major cities as part of a general strike called against the military coup. Businesses have...

Small groups of protesters have begun to gather in Myanmar, despite the armoured vehicles which have appeared on the streets of several cities. The military's heightened presence is the latest...

At least 14 people are dead and 150 missing after a piece of a Himalayan glacier fell into a river and triggered a huge flood in northern India. The floodwaters...

A civil disobedience movement in Myanmar is gaining momentum with teachers and students protesting against Monday's military coup. Demonstrators at a university in the biggest city, Yangon, chanted support for...

Hong Kong's High Court has granted bail to pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai, the most high-profile person charged under a controversial new security law. Mr Lai, 73, was remanded in...

A gunman has shot dead three police officers who were called to a domestic violence incident in central France. The suspect, 48, said to be known to authorities on child...

Rights groups have called for an investigation into the death of Karima Baloch, a Pakistani activist living in exile in Toronto, Canada. Baloch, 37, a campaigner from the restive region...