As in about 40 other cities, the mostly ethnic-Chinese community will gather in front of the Washington Monument on Saturday morning in a rally to support New York City police officer Peter Liang, whose manslaughter conviction was seen by many as unfair.
US President Barack Obama will pay a historic visit to Cuba in the coming weeks, senior Obama administration officials said, becoming the first president to set foot on the island in nearly seven decades.
Iraq is searching for "highly dangerous" radioactive material whose theft last year has raised fears among Iraqi officials that it could be used as a weapon if acquired by the Islamic State group.
Canadian F-18 fighter jets have flown their last raids against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged, authorities said on Wednesday.
Nearly one million children across eastern and southern Africa are suffering from "severe acute malnutrition" after two years of drought and the strongest El Nino in 50 years, UNICEF said on Wednesday.
A bronze cast of French 19th century sculptor Auguste Rodin's famous The Kiss was bought by a US collector for 2.2 million euros ($2.5 million) at a Paris auction on Tuesday.
Faced with a cash shortage in its so-called caliphate, the Islamic State group has slashed salaries across the region, asked Raqqa residents to pay utility bills in black market US dollars, and is now releasing detainees for a price of $500 a person.
Australia should embrace a "cashless society" as it would save the nation billions of dollars and increase security, Australia's Assistant Minister to the Treasurer said on Wednesday. Alex Hawke said that just like checks, cash was becoming an unnecessary part of everyday transactions, and said Australia was already "well on the way" to becoming a cashless society.
A Japanese mother forced her teenage daughter to eat more than 30 of her pet goldfish as a punishment, police said, as the country grapples with a record number of child abuse cases.
Researchers say they've found an answer to the long-standing question of where Maine's Atlantic puffins spend the winter: far off New Jersey and New York.
One of India's leading media magnates has been formally charged with murder over the death of his stepdaughter, an investigating officer said on Wednesday, the latest development in a case gripping the country.
UN convoys delivering aid to thousands of besieged Syrians were due to set out on Wednesday, but hopes for lasting peace dimmed the day after Turkey called for a ground operation in its war-torn neighbor.
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