Russia vetoed on Wednesday a draft UN Security Council resolution commemorating the slaughter of 8,000 Bosnian Serb Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica, citing the term "genocide" used to describe the mass slaying.
The US and United Arab Emeriates launched a new Middle East digital communications center on Wednesday that focuses on using social media to counter Islamic State's propaganda efforts online.
Myanmar's president reaffirmed his vow on Thursday to hold a "free and fair" election after the country set the date for what many hope will be the most democratic vote in a generation.
Malaysia circulated a draft UN resolution on Wednesday to establish an international tribunal that it said would guarantee an independent trial for those behind the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over Ukraine.
Greece's government is racing to finalize a plan of reforms for its third bailout, hoping this time the proposal will meet with approval from its European partners and stave off a potentially catastrophic exit from Europe's joint currency, the euro, within days.
More than 4 million Syrians have fled the civil war ravaging their country to become refugees in the surrounding region - a million of them in the past 10 months alone, the United Nations said on Thursday.
Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was found guilty on Wednesday of bribing a senator to switch factions in a move that helped topple the government in 2008.
The South Carolina Legislature passed a bill early on Thursday to remove the Confederate battle flag from the state capitol grounds after an emotional 13-hour debate over the controversial banner.
An interim report by the Malaysian government into debt-laden state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad has found nothing suspicious after vetting its accounts, a parliamentary committee said on Thursday.
His luxury flat had views of the Himalayas to make the heart soar, but Dan Bahadur Budhathoki is going to take some persuading to move back into Kathmandu's 17-story Park View Horizon apartment block.
A massive sheet of rock has fallen from the vertical face of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, making one of the most popular routes attempted by climbers in North America even more challenging, park officials said on Tuesday.
New Zealand biosecurity officials are telling supermarkets to clear Mexican grapes from their fruit and vegetable sections after venomous spiders were discovered in some consignments.
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