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Philippines Establishes 3 New Coast Guard Outposts in South China Sea

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The new outposts reinforce the presence of Filipino troops in the hotly contested Spratly archipelago.

Looking Back at the 1999 India-Pakistan Lahore Declaration

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The confidence-building and conflict-management MoU continues to be held up as a positive example. Where does it stand today?

Australians vote to determine conservative government future

About an hour ago

Polling stations have opened across Australia for voters to decide whether Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s conservative government will defy odds and rule for a fourth three-year term

Palestinian teen shot in Israeli raid in occupied West Bank

About an hour ago

The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli troops have shot and killed a 17-year-old Palestinian during a raid in the occupied West Bank

In biggest victory yet, Russia claims to capture Mariupol

About an hour ago

In what would be its biggest victory yet in the war with Ukraine, Russia claimed to have captured the strategic port city of Mariupol

India's Hindutva Groups Have the Gyanvapi Mosque in Their Crosshairs

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Hindutva groups are laying claim to a growing number of sites where Muslim monuments and mosques stand, arguing that temples once stood on the same land.

Russia claims to have taken full control of Mariupol

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Russia claims to have captured Mariupol in what would be its biggest victory yet in its war with Ukraine

Monkeypox: 80 cases confirmed in 12 countries

3 hours ago

Another 50 suspected cases of the rare disease are being investigated, the WHO says.

How LGBT+ Communities Overcame Japan's 2011 Triple Disaster

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LGBT+ people found themselves marginalized from Japan's state-run disaster relief – so they created their own alternatives. That can serve as a model for other efforts around the world.

Warning Signs in China's Economic Outlook as COVID-19 Spreads

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Signs of economic downturns in Shanghai and Guangdong are especially troubling, considering the outsized role they play in China's overall economy.

First lady Jill Biden visits Panama on Latin America tour

6 hours ago

U.S. first lady Jill Biden has arrived in Panama, her second stop on a three-country Latin America visit before the United States hosts the Summit of the Americas next month in Los Angeles

Peruvian town finally buries the victims of massacre

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Scene of one of the worst massacres of Peru’s internal conflict in the last two decades of the 20th century, the town of Accomarca is closing a chapter that’s been open for more than 35 years

Coronavirus FAQ: I took Paxlovid. I felt better. Then symptoms rebounded. What's up?

7 hours ago

The antiviral drug is prescribed to those at risk of severe disease. It's been credited with reducing hospitalizations. But then there's the "Paxlovid rebound."

China Becomes Wild Card in Sri Lanka's Debt Crisis

8 hours ago

Beijing has promised to "play a positive role" in talks with the IMF and offered Colombo more loans but is reluctant to cut its debt.

Tornado hits western German city; dozens injured

8 hours ago

Police in Germany say 43 people have been injured, 10 seriously, after a tornado struck the western city of Paderborn

Biden plan to end US migrant expulsion policy blocked

8 hours ago

A US judge says the policy that allows migrants to be expelled over Covid fears must stay in place.

In a remote Chinese region, thousands are coerced to work

9 hours ago

A new report from a Washington nonprofit tracks whether goods from China's western region of Xinjiang are made with forced labor, and how they make their way to customers in the U.S. and beyond.

In 'A New Era,' Dame Maggie Smith remains the best reason to watch 'Downton Abbey'

9 hours ago

Maggie Smith's dowager countess acquires a villa in the South of France, so the Downton household goes on a field trip in Downton Abbey: A New Era.

Israeli police accused of violence towards shot Palestinian's family

9 hours ago

Relatives say police used unjustifiable force on them inside the hospital treating the wounded man.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (May 20)

9 hours ago

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Warsaw mayor pleads for a strategic plan as city continues to welcome refugees

9 hours ago

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with the mayor of Warsaw, Poland, about how his city is managing the influx of Ukrainian refugees. He says Warsaw's population went up by 15% since the outset of the conflict.

Millions of Ukrainians are arriving to a battle over abortion rights in Poland

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Ukraine has very liberal abortion laws. In Poland, it is almost entirely illegal. Millions of Ukrainians discovered this when they fled the war in their home country and crossed the Polish border.

Scientists discover an ancient forest inside a giant sinkhole in China

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The sinkhole spans an area nearly three football fields long and is deep enough to hide the Washington Monument. Explorers descended into the pit, where they found ancient trees and other plant life.

3 Italians, 1 Togolese abducted in southern Mali, says mayor

9 hours ago

A mayor in southern Mali says armed men have kidnapped an Italian missionary family from their home along with their Togolese domestic worker

Aurangzeb: Why is a Mughal emperor who died 300 years ago being debated on social media?

9 hours ago

Aurangzeb ruled India 300 years ago - but a modern day dispute has seen hatred for him boil up again.

Rebuilding Ukraine could cost hundreds of billions of dollars

9 hours ago

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Ukrainian economist Yuriy Gorodnichenko about the cost of rebuilding Ukraine after the war.

Ukraine war: The volunteer drivers risking their lives to save others

9 hours ago

Drivers describe evacuating people from Russian-held areas under threat of mines and military attack.

Biden aims to take on China by boosting economic ties between U.S. and South Korea

9 hours ago

President Biden wants to counter the economic might of China. He visited a semiconductor plant outside Seoul to kick off a trip aimed at his top foreign policy priority.

Syria says Israel has carried out new attack near Damascus

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Syrian official media say Israel has carried out a new attack near the capital Friday night

Non-binary in Iraq: 'People get killed'

10 hours ago

For Iraq's non-binary community, life is difficult and dangerous.

Rains Submerge Infrastructure in India's Northeast

10 hours ago

Will this be the fate too of roads and rails planned to link this landlocked region with South and Southeast Asia?

Monkeypox: Time to worry or one to ignore?

10 hours ago

We are facing an unusual and unprecedented monkeypox outbreak but how worrying is it?

Cannes: Topless woman protests against sexual violence in Ukraine

10 hours ago

The woman stripped on the Cannes red carpet to show the words "stop raping us" and the Ukrainian flag.

Timor-Leste Celebrates Independence Anniversary, New Leader

10 hours ago

Former independence fighter Jose Ramos-Horta has pledged to fight poverty and bridge long-standing political divides.

Dane sentenced to die in Nigeria for killing wife, daughter

10 hours ago

A Nigerian court has sentenced a Danish man to death after finding he killed his wife, a Nigerian, and three-year-old daughter in 2018 at their residence in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital

Week in pictures: 14 - 20 May 2022

10 hours ago

A selection of powerful images from all over the globe, taken in the past seven days.

The desperate journey Cubans make by water to the US

10 hours ago

Elian Lopez hoped his life-changing journey would go smoothly - then the wind changed and sun went down.

Spoken word and sonic rituals: East LA exhibit features Latinx artists using sound

10 hours ago

The exhibition spans decades and includes spoken word performances, sound rituals and installations by Chicano and Puerto Rican artists.

Nigeria's facial scars: The last generation

10 hours ago

The marks were a way of identifying the lineage of people, but the practice has been outlawed.

Russia says it has full control of the Black Sea port of Mariupol after a nearly 3-month siege, its …

11 hours ago

Russia says it has full control of the Black Sea port of Mariupol after a nearly 3-month siege, its biggest victory yet

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