The new head of Britain's electronic eavesdropping agency says US-based social media have become "command-and-control networks" for terrorists and criminals, and tech companies are in denial about their misuse.
Pyongyang and Seoul have never found dialogue easy, but academics from both sides currently meeting in Pyongyang are trying to steer things in the right direction by at least getting them to speak the same language.
A terminally ill woman who renewed a nationwide debate about physician-assisted suicide has ended her life with the lethal drugs available under Oregon's Death With Dignity Law. Brittany Maynard was 29.
A tiny store that sells hard candy, coffee and shampoo may seem a cruel consolation for Philippine typhoon widow Jennifer Pulga, but it keeps her with her children, and for that she is deeply grateful.
An Australian who climbed on a dead whale as it floated offshore, attracting the attention of large sharks, apologized on Monday for his "idiot" act.
In the shadow of Cairo's medieval aqueduct, Mohammed Mustafa teaches his 5-year-old son the family's trade, one shear at a time.
Indian and Pakistani intelligence agencies both detected plans for an imminent strike on their Wagah border ahead of a suicide blast that killed 57 people on Sunday, and heightened security possibly averted a more devastating attack.
Bangladesh's Supreme Court upheld the death sentence given to a senior Islamist leader on Monday who was convicted by a special tribunal last year for his role in mass killings and other atrocities during the country's 1971 war of independence against Pakistan.
The US navy has canceled visits to the Philippine port of Subic Bay amid public anger over accusations that a US marine killed a transgender Filipina in the adjacent city of Olangapo, officials said on Monday.
Kurdish separatist fighters want an international mediator, possibly the United States, to help get peace talks with Turkey back on track, the head of the group's political wing told an Austrian newspaper.
Thailand's military government promised on Monday to bring peace to the Muslim-dominated south within a year, despite stalled peace talks aimed at ending an insurgency that has cost thousands of lives in the past decade.
The US government agreed to a request from the police to restrict more than 95 square kilometers of airspace surrounding Ferguson, Missouri, for 12 days in August for safety, but audio recordings show that local authorities acknowledged privately that the purpose was to keep away news helicopters during street protests.
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