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Chinese editor denounces censorship and quits
The editor of a prominent Chinese newspaper has published a resignation letter denouncing the country's media censorship, and resigned.
The editor of a prominent Chinese newspaper has published a resignation letter denouncing the country's media censorship, and resigned.
A man described as "psychologically unstable" hijacked a flight from Egypt to Cyprus and threatened to blow it up; his explosives turned out to be fake, and he finally surrendered after a bizarre six-hour stand-off.
The strategy warned Trump fans that he never wanted to be President and was woefully ill-equipped for it, but "his ego has taken over" and "The Donald does not fail".
Chicago has long been troubled by violence, but homicides and shootings have risen sharply this year. City Hall, the police and community leaders are alarmed by the surge.
US investigators are examining laptop computers linked to suspects in last week's deadly Brussels bombings to try to unravel the militant network behind the attacks.
A man allegedly defrauded by an Australian property developer in Bali has told his trial it became clear the Australian had "deceived" him and had "no intention" of giving back any money.
Myanmar's President Thein Sein, in a surprise move just before leaving office, lifted a state of emergency in the restive western state of Rakhine, imposed after clashes between Buddhists and minority Rohingya Muslims in 2012.
Former Canadian Cabinet minister Jean Lapierre died on Tuesday in a plane crash that also killed his wife and three of his siblings on the way to his father's funeral in eastern Quebec.
"Always there is a woman involved," Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades quipped at a news conference, not to everyone's amusement.
The US will withdraw virtually all family members of US troops and diplomats from its installations in Turkey, citing security concerns as the campaign against the Islamic State continues.
Murdered lottery winner's name had been publicised; in some states winners can be anonymous for their own protection.
Child pressured into being a Boko Haram bomber and who surrendered in Cameroon is not one of 219 missing schoolgirls.
A British man who was taken hostage on an EgyptAir flight posed for a cheeky photograph with the alleged hijacker who was wearing a suicide belt as the bizarre and troubling drama played out at an airport in Cyprus.
Rescues indicate the numbers of migrants leaving for Europe from African countries are rising as the weather warms up.
Corey Lewandowski, 42, was charged for intentionally grabbing and bruising the arm of Michelle Fields, a journalist at the time for the conservative news outlet Breitbart, at a Trump campaign event on March 8.
The president suggested that the news media had not done enough to question the promises made by politicians.
An EgyptAir passenger plane heading from Alexandria to Cairo was hijacked and forced to head to Cyprus, civil aviation sources and police said.
A lone gunman cause the US Capitol to go into lockdown before being shot by police at a popular visitor centre.
US presidential hopeful is entering very dangerous territory to the horror of countries highly invested in keeping North Korea in check.
Although breakaway Taliban faction that claimed responsibility for attack says it targeted Christians, most of the dead were Muslims.
Tony Banbury was a champion of disasters, leading the United Nations to tackle the Ebola virus, provide emergency relief after the earthquake in Haiti and the tsunami that swept from the Indian ocean.
A Kenyan woman who couldn't afford an overseas trip has used her atrocious photoshopping skills to insert herself into other people's holiday photos.