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Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Thursday he had ordered the navy to conduct search and rescue missions for thousands of migrants adrift at sea as Thailand's prime minister said his country would not provide shelter. Southeast Asia is...

Street battles and gunfire erupted again in the Burundi capital on Thursday as protesters against President Pierre Nkurunziza rejected his calls for calm in the east African nation, an ethnic tinderbox with a long history of civil war and...

Burundi's embattled president postponed parliamentary and local elections on Wednesday and a soldier was shot dead in the capital amid a power struggle that could unleash more ethnic bloodshed in Africa's Great Lakes region. More than 20 people have been...

Military commanders from Japan, Australia, the Philippines and 20 other mostly Asia-Pacific nations huddled around a large tactical map, poring over satellite images in readiness for an amphibious raid on Hawaii's most populous island Oahu. Although only a drill, it...

Chadian lawmakers voted on Wednesday to indefinitely extend the mandate of troops participating in a regional effort to combat Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamist militants until the joint mission was completed. Chad has deployed some 2,500 troops to Nigeria, Cameroon and...

Malaysia and Indonesia said on Wednesday they would offer shelter to 7,000 "boat people" adrift at sea in rickety boats but, anxious not to encourage a fresh influx, made clear that their assistance was temporary and they would take...

Burundi's government will not take revenge against those involved in last week's failed coup, President Pierre Nkurunziza's office has said. Those implicated would be brought to justice in accordance with the rule of law, it added in a statement. South Africa's...

Burundi police fired tear gas and beat protesters who were demanding President Pierre Nkurunziza end his bid for a third term, in a resurgence of unrest has stoked fears of ethnic conflict in Africa's Great Lakes. A Reuters photographer said...

They are coming in their thousands, a steady stream of men, women and children bearing what few possessions they can carry as they flee their native Burundi and the pro-government militias they fear are bent on death and destruction. At...

Small groups of protesters shouted slogans against Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza and his bid for a third term in office on Monday, resuming street demonstrations days after he survived an attempted coup. The atmosphere was tense as soldiers deployed in...