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South Korean martyrs beatified during large open-air ceremony in Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul.

Donetsk residents suspect white phosphorous shelling, strictly prohibited by the UN.

Khan dodges bullets and arrives in the capital city of Pakistan as the Azadi march rages on.

Protesters rally against US military base, Camp Schwab, in Japan's southern Okinawa Island.

Health authorities said the female detainee, held at an immigration centre, had recently arrived from Sierra Leone.

The 91-year-old hands back Righteous Among the Nations medal following Israeli bombing.

The only surviving community of Aramaic speakers has been driven from its homeland.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko confirms artillery eliminated Russian vehicles.

Project links Tibetan capital Lhasa and Buddhist spiritual site of Shigatse

Officials reportedly stopped four couples taking surrogate babies out of the country on Thursday

As the Panama Canal celebrates its 100th birthday, plans are shaping up for a rival in Nicaragua.

Businessman and Eurosceptic politician Philippe de Villiers signs a deal with Vladimir Putin to build tourist attractions

Following Campos' death on Wednesday the world waits for Silva's decision

Israel blacklists human rights group as citizen alternative to military service.

Police have named the Ferguson police officer responsible for shooting and killing 18-year-old Michael Brown

Simon Clegg, who brought Olympics to London in 2012, organising Azerbaijan's Baku 2015 event.

Recap Tayyip Erdogan expected to choose a party loyalist as the country's prime minister this month.

World's most-wanted woman said to have changed appearance to escape capture in Kenya.

State media names 14 cults, and lists their "social harms".

Releasing the wrong name of Mike Brown's killer by one Anonymous member tarnishes the whole movement.

Congressman Hank Johnson wants to curb bill giving police forces billions of dollars of equipment.

Argentinian pope speaks of 'culture of death' that afflicts wealthy Asian societies.

Terror group fighting Nigerian government to 'forcefully' conscript kidnapped males.

Missouri police have deployed a noise-based weapon which can cause permanent hearing damage.

Activists stage rooftop protest against arms manufacture following similar demonstration in Staffordshire

Prime Minister Narendra Modi says India is shamed over rapes amid increasing sexual attacks on women.

Politician and former husband of Jemima Goldsmith was target of assassin's bullet.

Gaza faction's spokesman says Egypt needs to remove "technical issues" hampering final truce.

Shinzo Abe skips visit to Shinto shrine, but makes ritual offering.