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Thailand's fiery protest leader denounced the government's battered rice-buying scheme as corrupt on Wednesday, piling on the pressure after a weekend election did nothing to restore stability in the politically polarized country. Suthep Thaugsuban and his supporters have been trying...

South African gold producer Harmony Gold launched a rescue operation on Wednesday to free 17 miners trapped a mile underground by a fire and rock-fall at its Doornkop mine near Johannesburg. The company said it had made contact with eight...

Russia offered assurances on Tuesday that the Syrian government will show up at a new round of peace talks next week and will soon ship more toxic agents abroad for destruction under a deal to eliminate its chemical weapons...

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has been holding secret talks with Taliban officials in the hope of persuading them to make peace with his government, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed Afghan and Western officials. Karzai's spokesman could...

Twenty-five year old Ako Abd al-Qadir went to wage holy war in Syria vowing to return and conquer all of Iraqi Kurdistan in the name of Islam on the way back to his home town of Halabja. "God willing, we...

Authorities in China have warned they will go after officials who cover up corruption, state media reported on Tuesday, in the government's latest effort to curb widespread graft. The ruling Communist Party has shown no sign of wanting to set...

The United States urged South Sudan's leaders on Monday to implement a January 23 ceasefire between the government and rebels as an advance team of regional monitors arrived in the country. A State Department official also pressed for the quick...

Thai anti-government protesters who have been camped out in north Bangkok packed their tents and marched downtown on Monday as they consolidated efforts to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, a day after a disrupted general election. Some joined protest leader...

A left-leaning former diplomat edged ahead in Costa Rica's presidential election on Sunday, riding a wave of disgust at government corruption to get within reach of wresting power from the centrist government in an April run-off. Luis Guillermo Solis, an...

Dozens of gunshots and at least two explosions raised tension amid anti-government protests in Thailand's capital on Saturday, a day ahead of a general election seen as incapable of restoring stability in the deeply polarised country. Six people were wounded...