SEOUL - Two protesters were injured by police on Thursday when they tried in vain to block construction equipment from entering the deployment site for the United States Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile system in the southeast of the Republic of Korea.
RASHIDIN, Syria - Thousands of Syrians were evacuated from besieged towns on Wednesday with tight security in place after a weekend bombing against those leaving government-held areas killed dozens, including 70 children.
George Osborne, who as chancellor of the exchequer was part of the drive by David Cameron's government to boost economic ties with China, said on Wednesday he will not seek re-election as an MP.
SYDNEY - Australia plans to raise the bar for handing out citizenships by lengthening the waiting period, adding a new "Australian values" test and raising the standard for English language as part of a shake up of its immigration program.
Chinese and Iranian enterprises have agreed to renovate the Arak heavy water reactor, a key part of an international deal over Iran's nuclear program, and the first commercial contracts will be signed this weekend, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said in Beijing on Thursday.
DAMASCUS - The international community has denounced a deadly car bombing that killed 126 people of a convoy of Shiite evacuees in northern Syria.
HAVANA - Cuba's tourism industry, now its most dynamic economic sector, is looking to boost visitor numbers by attracting larger cruise ships.
ANKARA - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan declared victory in a referendum on Sunday to introduce the presidential system in the biggest overhaul of modern Turkish politics. But unofficial results, which the opposition said it would challenge, showed a narrow victory with 51.4 percent of votes cast in favor.
SEOUL - South Korean prosecutors on Monday indicted ex-president Park Geun-hye on high-profile corruption charges that could potentially send her to jail for life.
CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland - Six hundred and sixty-two people on Sunday set a world record for the biggest gathering of Charlie Chaplins, each donning the black jacket, shoes, bowler hat, toothbrush mustache and cane of the comic's signature creation, the Little Tramp.
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Sunday issued a number of tweets in a bid to play down a number of protests across the country demanding the release of his tax returns.
CLEVELAND - Police in Ohio urged residents in surrounding states on Monday to be on alert for a man who they said shot and killed an elderly passer-by seemingly at random and then posted a gruesome video of the killing on Facebook.
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