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The large Solomon Islands province of Malaita said it will conduct an independence referendum after rejecting the Pacific nation's decision last year to cut its association with Taiwan and establish formal ties with China.

The Khmer Rouge commander known as 'Comrade Duch', Pol Pot's premier executioner and security chief who oversaw the mass murder of at least 14,000 Cambodians at the notorious Tuol Sleng prison, died on Wednesday. He was 77.

Senior U.S. Democrats demanded on Tuesday that Republican President Donald Trump's administration resume election security briefings for the U.S. Congress and threatened to take action to compel compliance.

Pakistan said on Tuesday it has blocked Tinder, Grindr and three other dating apps for not adhering to local laws, its latest move to curb online platforms deemed to be disseminating "immoral content".

Yolanda Bejarano flits between joy that Colombia's more than five months of quarantine are over and fear of coronavirus.

Zimbabwe will reopen primary and secondary schools this month for students preparing to sit their final exams, six months after they were closed due to the COVID19 outbreak, the government said on Tuesday.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned a ruling that barred immigration authorities from arresting people suspected of living in the U.S. illegally if they show up at Massachusetts courthouses.

Police unions and other law enforcement organizations went into overdrive to thwart a measure that would have added California to the majority of states that can end the careers of officers with troubled histories. It failed as lawmakers scrambled to wrap...

Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, the Malian president ousted in a military coup last month, was hospitalized late Tuesday at a private clinic, intensifying fears about the 75yearold's health after being detained for 10 days by the junta now in power.

A Florida county instituted a curfew Tuesday, several days after a man pulled a gun at a protest against police violence, officials said.

Italys chief diplomat paid an unannounced visit to Libya on Tuesday to press for an end to the bloody civil war following ceasefire initiatives by the U.N.supported government and rival parliament.

Felony charges have been dropped against a Florida man who pointed a gun at another Walmart shopper in a dispute over not wearing a mask, authorities said.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called on Tuesday for the suspension of lawyers accused of links to terrorism, following protests over the death of a hungerstriking lawyer last week.

The Trump administration said Tuesday that Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro should not be praised for releasing a few political opponents ahead of a congressional election, when many more opposition activists remain in jail.

An ombudswoman for the Organization of American States is facing criticism that she assisted Secretary General Luis Almagro in a widely condemned effort to remove the regions top human rights official, The Associated Press has learned.

Hong Kong prodemocracy activists demonstrated outside the German Foreign Ministry on Tuesday as China's top diplomat visited the capital, urging the government in Berlin do more to try and force Beijing to address human rights issues.