Indonesia rejected on Thursday an Australian proposal for a prisoner swap made in an eleventh hour effort to save the lives of two Australian drug smugglers expected to face a firing squad within days.
A sweeping new anti-corruption law in the Republic of Korea drew mixed reviews on Wednesday, with supporters hailing an overdue offensive on a persistent scourge but critics bemoaning a rushed bill open to abuse.
An inquiry into the biggest corruption scandal yet uncovered in Brazil has entered a new phase, with the attorney general formally requesting the Supreme Court's permission to open investigations against 54 people, mostly thought to be top political figures.
Iran's role in an Iraqi military offensive to recapture Tikrit could be positive as long as it does not fuel sectarian divisions in the country, the US military's top officer said on Tuesday.
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday set ablaze 15 metric tons of contraband ivory and vowed to intensify the ongoing war against wildlife crimes in the country.
A documentary about the fatal gang rape of a woman in New Delhi in 2012 has been banned in India over concerns that derogatory comments made by one of the attackers could create an atmosphere of fear and tension, a police official said.
About 700 koalas have been killed by the authorities in Australia because overpopulation led to the animals starving, an official said on Wednesday, sparking claims of mismanagement.
The rust-red fields stretched for miles in the Cuban sun, garlic shoots and beetroot leaves waving gently in the spring breeze.
More than 70 passengers aboard an Asiana Airlines flight that crashed in San Francisco two years ago and killed three of the 141 Chinese citizens on board have reached a settlement in their lawsuits against the airline, attorneys for the passengers and airline said in a court filing on Tuesday.
A Justice Department report says blacks in Ferguson, Missouri, are disproportionately subject to excessive police force, baseless traffic stops and citations for infractions as petty as walking down the middle of a street.
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