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(Top L to R) Haiti's President Michel Martelly, Latvia's Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis, Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto, (bottom L to R) Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, the head of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso and Cuba's President Raul...

The capital of South Sudan's main oil-producing region is divided between government troops and rebels, the president's spokesman said, after an escalation in fighting that has added to jitters in global oil markets. Rebels loyal to former Vice President Riek...

Ukrainian protesters poured on to a central Kiev square on Wednesday, preparing to confront police anew after the bloodiest day since the former Soviet republic, caught in a geopolitical struggle between Russia and the West, won its independence. After hours...

China has "time on its side" to win over Western opinion to its point of view on the restive regions of Tibet and Xinjiang, a senior official wrote on Wednesday, vowing with unusually strong language to ignore foreign pressure...

Australia has inadvertently made public the identities of almost 10,000 asylum seekers, the department of immigration said on Wednesday, raising concerns it could help locate people fleeing persecution and thus place them in greater danger. A file published on a...

One asylum seeker has been killed and 77 injured during a second night of violence at Australia's immigration detention centre in Papua New Guinea. The man died of head injuries on the way to hospital, Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison...

A Thai police officer was killed and dozens of police and anti-government protesters were wounded in gun battles and clashes in Bangkok on Tuesday, officials and witnesses said. Violence erupted as the authorities launched their most determined effort yet to...

Snow-choked roads cut off thousands on Tuesday as parts of Japan struggled to dig out from its second storm in a week, with the death toll rising to at least 23. Train services were suspended in some areas after the...

The devastating UK floods are set to continue as more heavy rain hits already saturated ground. The Met Office has issued a yellow "be aware" warning for rain in south-west England and there are 16 severe flood warnings in southern...

There's nothing like an old-fashioned expletive to add spice to a transatlantic difference of opinion. But when U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland was caught using the "F-word" on an unsecure telephone line to disparage European Union policy on...