Asia-Pacific

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Airstrikes and ground assaults have been launched against one of Southeast Asia's most wanted terror suspects.
A former US secretary of defence believes the threat posed by Donald Trump's flippant tweets and callous comments risk putting America on a path to war.
President Trump has extended his congratulations to Australia in a statement delivered by Acting Secretary of State Thomas Shannon Jr.
An Australian DJ on drug possession charges in Thailand has been transferred to a top security jail as hope for his early transfer to Australia dim.
For many in China, Lunar New Year is a rare opportunity to travel home and see family. But some migrant workers, struggling to get by in big cities, can't afford...
Indonesia's military, foreign and defence leaders have gathered for a marathon meeting to discuss ongoing defence cooperation with Australia.
The father of an Australian-born child is among five Indonesians detained in Bali on suspicion they travelled to Turkey to join Islamic State.
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Middle-East

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A Syrian family with US visas have returned to Lebanon after being denied boarding on their Atlanta-bound flight in Paris.
US rights groups filed a legal challenge on Saturday to President Donald Trump's order halting the arrival of refugees and travelers from seven Muslim countries.
Following a failed coup attempt Turkey must respect human rights, says UK leader Theresa May in a visit which has seen the nations sign a defence deal.
Americans will be banned from entering Iran after US President Donald Trump banned all Iranian citizens from entering the US.
Turkish Prime Minster Binali Yildirim says the US blanket ban on refugees is no solution.
Six people headed for New York from Cairo airport have been barred from their flight.
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Europe

Latest articles belonging to Europe.

An MP from British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party on Saturday revealed he would be barred from entering the US under President Donald Trump's...
The EU's traditional power couple France and Germany expressed mounting alarm on Saturday at key decisions by US President Donald Trump in his first week in...
A US-funding ban on aid for international abortion services is likely to cause a funding shortfall of $US600 million ($A794 million) over the next four years.
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvia Berlusconi has been ordered to stand trial over charges he paid witnesses to stay silent.
Twitter users are commemorating the many Jewish refugees who were murdered by the Nazi regime after the US refused to grant them visas in the 1930s.
German prosecutors said on Friday they were investigating Volkswagen's former chief executive Martin Winterkorn on suspicion of fraud over the 'dieselgate'...

Africa

Latest articles belonging to Africa.

Militants from the al-Shabab group have rammed a car bomb into a hotel in Mogadishu, killing at least 28.
Militants from the al Shabaab group have rammed a car bomb into a hotel in Mogadishu, killing at least 18.
Fears loose lips could compromise national security have prompted an unusual command from Zambia's police inspector general.
Gambian President Adama Barrow has chosen a former minister of longtime leader Yahya Jammeh as vice-president, a spokesman said Monday.
Six years after Hosni Mubarak was forced from power, the activists behind Egypt's 2011 uprising are facing a new crackdown and struggling to see much reason for...
The Gambia's exiled strongman Yahya Jammeh plundered the state coffers and stole millions of dollars in his final weeks in power, an aide to new President Adama...
West African troops approached the Gambian capital Sunday to secure President Adama Barrow's arrival from neighbouring Senegal, as controversy erupted over the...

North America

Latest articles belonging to North America.

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau haas used social media to welcome refugees to his country.
Legal US residents, known as green card holders, have been caught up in the new ban on visitors to the US from seven mostly Muslim countries.
Green card holders from the seven Muslim-majority countries singled out by Donald Trump's immigration ban will also be barred from entering the US.
Iraqis who say their lives are in danger because they worked with the US government in Iraq fear their chances of refuge in the United States may vanish.
Donald Trump has lived up to his election promise of extreme vetting for refugees with a strict new executive order.
Twitter users are commemorating the many Jewish refugees who were murdered by the Nazi regime after the US refused to grant them visas in the 1930s.

South America

Latest articles belonging to South America.

Forest fires ravaging southern Chile have now killed 11 people, President Michelle Bachelet said Saturday, as firefighters waged an all-out battle to extinguish the...
Officials are working to stop an outbreak of yellow fever that has killed at least 40 people in Brazil from becoming an epidemic.
Vast woodland fires in the center and south of Chile have caused "the biggest forestry disaster in our history," President Michelle Bachelet said on Monday,...
Brazil's government is enlisting the help of the armed forces in resolving a serious crisis in the nation's prisons.

Study to unlock mysteries of sun

A group of scientists in Chile are pointing radio telescopes towards the sun in a bid to unlock its mysteries.
A shooting erupted during an electronic music festival at a Mexican beach resort early Monday, leaving five people dead, including one in a stampede as revelers...
Twenty-seven inmates have died in a riot in a Brazilian jail sparked by a war between rival drug factions.