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Russian investigators raided opposition offices across the country on Tuesday, in the latest move to increase pressure on top Kremlin…

BEIRUT (AP) — Mustafa, a 21-year-old Syrian in Turkey, was at the shoe factory in Istanbul where he worked making…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It happens, on average, more than five times a day in Rio de Janeiro: Police…

Indian troops clamped tight restrictions on mosques across Kashmir for Monday’s Eid al-Adha festival, fearing anti-government protests over the stripping…

Nearly 50,000 opposition supporters rallied and dozens were arrested in Moscow on Saturday at one of the largest authorised protests…

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian security forces have arrested more 500 people since New Delhi imposed a communications blackout and…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Turkish court has banned 136 websites and social media accounts mainly belonging to organizations and people…

Renowned Hungarian philosopher Agnes Heller, who taught political theory for 25 years in New York, has died at the age…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Thousands of Philippine police officers have received administrative punishments with more than 2,000 dismissed for wrongdoings…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey has ordered the arrest of 176 serving military personnel over suspected links to the network which…