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Taiwan reported fresh Chinese military activity as concerns grew over Beijing's new Ethnic Unity Law. Read the full story.

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The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps struck a cargo ship near Oman on Thursday, further complicating the Iran-U.S.

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Violence and poverty are keeping nearly half the country’s school-age kids out of school as the regime continues deadly air raids on educational institutions.

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Back-to-back earthquakes rocked Venezuela last night, killing at least 235 people and injuring more than 4,300, Venezuelan ...

South Africa cannot afford for Johannesburg to fail, and the city’s electricity supply is now genuinely at risk, writes ...

A failed state is one in which the central government has lost effective control and can no longer fulfill the basic functions of sovereignty. Unlike stable states, it cannot maintain a monopoly on ...