Govt fights trafficking as sanctions threatened

Thailand is eager to show its newfound toughness on human trafficking, taking reporters on patrols and tours of former camps, working with neighboring countries and the United States, and arresting dozens of officials - including a high-ranking officer in the military that now controls the country. The junta even had a "National Anti-Human Trafficking Day".

Naval ships answer call to rescue migrants

Naval vessels from Italy, Britain, Ireland and other countries launched a rescue operation on Sunday to help about 10 migrant boats that called for assistance.

Thousands protest G7 summit

Thousands of demonstrators packed a German Alpine resort town on Saturday to demonstrate over a wide range of causes, from climate change to free trade, before the arrival of the leaders of the Group of Seven industrialized democracies for a two-day summit.

Merkel lists her hottest summit topics

Greek debt turmoil and a flare-up in fighting in Ukraine are sure to command a large share of the attention at the Group of Seven summit in Germany starting on Sunday.

2 convicts cut their way out of prison

A frantic manhunt was underway on Sunday for two convicted murderers who broke out of New York's biggest maximum-security prison by cutting through cell walls with power tools and escaping along tunnels.

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Rival factions of a self-defense militia clashed in southern Mexico on Saturday, leaving at least 10 people dead amid tensions in the region on the eve of midterm elections.

New Earth observation satellite in development

Democratic People's Republic of Korea space agency officials said the country is developing a more advanced Earth observation satellite and are defending their right to conduct rocket launches whenever they see fit, despite protests by the United States and others that the launches are allegedly aimed at honing technologies for military use.

Court rejects euthanasia request

New Zealand's High Court refused on Friday a bid by a brain cancer patient to allow doctors to assist terminally ill patients to end their lives, just hours after the applicant died.

Minister threatens early elections if debt deal is not reached

Greece's government may call early elections if the country's international lenders do not soften their terms for a cash-for-reforms deal, Deputy Social Security Minister Dimitris Stratoulis said on Friday.

Death toll tops 150 in gas station fire, floods

The number of people killed in a devastating gasoline station fire and heavy flooding in Ghana's capital, Accra, has exceeded 150, the country's Red Cross disaster management coordinator, Francis Oben, said on Friday.

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Officials squabble as MERS kills 4

South Korean authorities squabbled on Friday over their handling of an outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome, as a fourth person died and five new cases were reported.