Families to bury victims, ask for change

Families of some of the 49 people killed in a massacre at an Orlando nightclub will mourn and bury their dead on Friday, a day after President Barack Obama met survivors and said the United States must act to control gun violence.

Ex-official denies pressuring TEPCO not to say 'meltdown'

A Japanese opposition leader who was a senior official during the 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant crisis denied on Friday that he or the prime minister at the time pressured the president of Tokyo Electric Power Co not to use the term "meltdown".

Interim govt loses 3rd minister in month

Brazil's tourism minister, a close ally of acting President Michel Temer, resigned on Thursday after a brief tenure dogged by allegations of corruption.

Parents slit throat of their pregnant daughter 'for honor'

Relatives killed a young mother who was pregnant with her second child after she married against their will in eastern Pakistan, officials said on Friday, the latest in a spate of so-called "honor killings".

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China's Beidou navigation satellite system

The State Council Information Office published a white paper titled 'China's Beidou navigation satellite system' on Thursday. The following is the full text of the white paper:

Analysts: 'Leave' vote bad for trade relations

Opinion polls show the two sides neck and neck in the run-up to next week's referendum

Tokyo governor quits following scandal

Yoichi Masuzoe comes under fire for misuse of tax money and spending on family trips and art

Ex-official arrested over bags of cash at monastery

An official in the former government of president Cristina Fernandez was arrested on Tuesday as he allegedly tried to hide millions in dollars and other currencies at an Argentine monastery.

At age 68, grandfather returns to school

Nepalese grandfather Durga Kami brushes his bushy white beard, puts on his school uniform and, with the aid of his walking stick, trudges for over an hour to class for another day of learning.

Archaeologist claims he has found ancient kings' throne

A Greek archaeologist believes he has found a fragment of the lost throne of the rulers of Mycenae, famous from ancient myth and the story of the Trojan War.

Sanctuary offers hope to critically endangered Philippine eagle

Surprisingly loud chirps accompany a clumsy flurry of tiny wings as a wispy-haired chick breaks through its shell, its birth offering rare cause for celebration in the struggle to save the Philippine eagle from extinction.