Hundreds called for the release of two Myanmar migrant workers in a protest in Yangon, Myanmar's biggest city, on Friday, a day after a Thai court sentenced the two to death for the 2014 murders of two young British tourists.
Japan's foreign minister will visit Seoul on Monday to meet his South Korean counterpart for talks aimed at an early resolution to a row over comfort women, as those forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels are euphemistically known.
The defiant southern region of Okinawa countersued Japan's government on Friday over local resistance to a new US military base, the latest chapter in deepening mistrust between central authorities and the strategic island.
Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Irina Bokova on Thursday condemned the destruction of parts of the ancient Syrian city of Bosra, a World Heritage site, in fighting earlier this week, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters.
US citizens on the East Coast shed their Christmas sweaters on Thursday to enjoy soaring temperatures ahead of the holiday, as further south deadly tornadoes cut a swathe of destruction through rural communities.
In a festive red coat, Queen Elizabeth II led the royal family to a traditional Christmas Day church service on Friday, but young Prince George and his baby sister Princess Charlotte stayed home amid the sprinkles of rain.
Turkish banks reported sporadic disruption to credit card transactions on Friday as hackers stepped up a two-week barrage of cyberattacks, believed to be the worst the country has seen.
In the early weeks of Angelica Pereira's pregnancy, a mosquito bite began bothering her. At first it seemed a small thing.
A couple in Ecuador is making history with a unique pregnancy: The father-to-be is carrying the baby of his transgender partner.
Iraq's top Shiite Muslim cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani called for the release of a group of Qatari hunters kidnapped in the south of the country, his representative said on Friday.
It's a weekday morning and Chung Sang-hoon, 34, is at home with his two small children, classical music playing in the background.
A Thai court sentenced two Myanmar migrant workers to death on Thursday after convicting them of the 2014 murders of two young British tourists on a holiday island in a case mired in controversy and a dispute over DNA testing.
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