Thousands of refugees trudged through mud and torrential rain to Greece's border with Macedonia on Thursday, swelling a human tide across Europe that authorities appear powerless to control.
Houses lean forward, knocked partially off their foundations. The worst-hit are gone, their still-intact blue-tiled roofs left sitting on debris-strewn mud. The floodwaters have receded somewhat, but a vast area of the Japanese city of Joso remains inundated by a sea of brown water.
Jeon Seo-jin, 25, finds traditional soju, the clear grain-based liquor popular in South Korea, too strong.
A Hungarian camerawoman who caused global outrage after being caught on film tripping and kicking refugees as they fled police broke her silence on Friday, saying she had "panicked".
Russia called on Friday for Washington to restart direct military-to-military cooperation to avert "unintended incidents" near Syria, at a time when US officials say Moscow is building up forces to protect President Bashar al-Assad's government.
Indonesia said on Friday it will send more than 10,000 troops to fight seasonal fires in southern Sumatra, as smoke makes thousands sick, delays flights and pushes air quality to unhealthy levels in neighboring Singapore and Malaysia.
The Information Office of the State Council, or China's Cabinet, on Sunday issued a white paper on Successful Practice of Regional Ethnic Autonomy in Tibet. Following is the full text:
Thai authorities unveiled the restored centerpiece of the Erawan Shrine on Friday, in the latest bid to boost confidence among Bangkok's tourism and business communities almost three weeks after a deadly bombing that left 20 dead.
April Miller and Karen Roberts planned to return to the Rowan County Courthouse on Friday for the fifth time since June to ask for a marriage license.
Hundreds of migrants, including Syrian refugees, were stranded on a train in Bicske, Hungary, for a second day on Friday, demanding passage to Germany in a standoff with riot police.
French investigators have formally identified a washed-up piece of airplane debris found in July on a remote island in the Indian Ocean as part of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the Boeing 777 that disappeared more than a year ago with 239 people aboard.
The Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea are waging a war of words less than two weeks after the two sides reached an agreement to defuse tensions over land mine blasts and the broadcasting of propaganda messages.
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