Japan urged to face history with courage

South Korean President Park Geun-hye urged Japan on Sunday to face up to history with courage and sincerity to write a new history as South Korea's future partner for another 50 years.

Violence kills 1,100 in February

The United Nations mission to Iraq said on Sunday that violence claimed the lives of at least 1,100 Iraqis in February, including more than 600 civilians.

Malaysia jet mystery prompts trial of better plane tracking

Australia, Indonesia and Malaysia will lead a trial to enhance the tracking of aircraft over oceans, allowing planes to be more easily found should they vanish like Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, Australia's transport minister said on Sunday.

Ocean search far from fruitless

The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has turned up no sign of the plane, but that doesn't mean it's been unproductive. It has yielded lessons and discoveries that could benefit millions, including coastal Australians, air and sea travelers and scientists trying to understand ancient changes to the earth's crust.

'Jihadi John' relatives watched, reports say

Kuwaiti authorities are closely monitoring several relatives of "Jihadi John" who live and work in the Gulf emirate where the Islamic State executioner was born, media reports said on Sunday.

Marchers mourn opposition leader

Thousands of people gathered in central Moscow on Sunday for a march in memory of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was gunned down near the Kremlin over the weekend.

Restrictive measures will hit US diplomats, tourists

Venezuela will shrink the size of the US embassy staff, limit the activities of US diplomats and require US citizens to apply for visas.

President meets with girl who wants to die

Chile's president went to a hospital on Saturday to meet with a 14-year-old girl who shocked the country by going on YouTube to plead for the leader to let doctors euthanize her because she is tired of her struggle with cystic fibrosis.

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Ex-leader 'transferred billions' out of country

Yemen's former president Ali Abdullah Saleh is alleged to have amassed assets worth between $32 billion and $60 billion, most believed to have been transferred abroad under other names, UN experts said in a report on Wednesday.

Houthis take military bases

Fighters from the Shiite Houthi militia took over a special forces base in the capital and a coast guard station on the Red Sea on Wednesday, military sources said, in a sign the group was consolidating its dominant position.

Court throws out anti-adultery law

A South Korean court on Thursday abolished a 62-year-old law that bans extramarital affairs, and the stock price of a prominent condom maker immediately shot up 15 percent.