A Japanese photojournalist said on Thursday he was forced to give up his passport because he planned a reporting trip to Syria, complaining the confiscation violated his constitutional right of travel and press freedom and deprived him of work.
Thailand plans to build high-speed railway links connecting Bangkok to tourist destinations south of the Thai capital modeled on Japan's bullet trains, Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Thursday.
The leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine have agreed a deal to end fighting in eastern Ukraine, participants at the summit talks said on Thursday.
The UN refugee agency urged the European Union on Thursday to do far more to save the lives of refugees in the Mediterranean, saying its existing maritime border patrol is "woefully inadequate".
Parents in the United States may not have the resources of the National Security Agency, but it is not that hard for them to snoop on their smartphone-addicted kids.
Police probing the murder of three Muslim students by a North Carolina man said on Wednesday they are studying whether the slayings were racially motivated, as thousands gathered to mourn the victims and denounce intolerance.
An Italian court on Wednesday sentenced the captain of the Costa Concordia, Francesco Schettino, to 16 years and one month in prison for causing the 2012 cruise ship disaster that claimed 32 lives.
France and Egypt have agreed a deal worth more than 5 billion euros ($5.7 billion) for the sale of Dassault Aviation-built Rafale fighter jets, a naval frigate and missiles, a French source close to the matter said on Thursday.
Indonesian men ride on Sumatran elephants as they patrol though dense jungle in the west of the tropical archipelago, warriors on the front line of the fight against illegal logging and poaching.
Things change with the times, but the Lunar New Year's Eve dinner, the last meal of the lunar year, remains the most important tradition among Vietnamese.
The United States, France and United Kingdom have closed their embassies in Yemen and evacuated their staff because of the political crisis and security concerns following the takeover of much of the country by Shiite rebels.
When Yemen's Houthi fighters scaled the rooftops surrounding former president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's home, killed his guards and put him under house arrest, they left no doubt that negotiating a political settlement with them would be difficult.
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