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The panel of independent investigators, set up by the UN Human Rights Council in 2017, accused Myanmar's government of failing to hold anyone accountable and said it was responsible "under the Genocide Convention for its failure to investigate and punish...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said it was terminating the 1997 Flores Settlement Agreement, a binding legal ruling that said the government could not hold migrant children in detention for more than 20 days. A new policy, to be implemented in...

At least six people — four women and two men — were freed while around 31 had remained on the bus throughout the terrifying ordeal.

In creating the trust, Epstein, who had cultivated an air of mystery before he was arrested in early July on federal sex-trafficking charges, may have been attempting to shield his final dealings from public scrutiny.

The case surrounding Garner's death came to an official close on Monday, when the New York Police Department fired former officer Daniel Pantaleo, 34, who had choked him five years ago and escaped criminal prosecution.

'The test missile exited its ground mobile launcher and accurately impacted its target after more than 500 kilometers of flight,' the Pentagon said

The Taliban denied responsibility for the blast at a west Kabul wedding hall in a minority Shi'ite neighbourhood, and condemned it. However, journalists have doubted Taliban denial.

Like canaries in a coal mine, mussels have long been used as "bio-indicators" of the health of the seas, lakes and rivers they inhabit.

The superintendent of Denali National Park and Preserve closed Denali Park Road to all traffic at mile 30 on Friday. The road is the only one inside the vast park.

China denounced the planned sale, one of the biggest yet by the United States to Taiwan, which Beijing considers a renegade province. It warned of unspecified 'countermeasures.'

Israel barred Democratic Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar from visiting Jerusalem and the West Bank over their support for the international boycott movement following an unprecedented appeal from President Donald Trump to deny them entry.

The killing of the brother of Taliban leader comes at a crucial time when talks between rebels and the US have entered their final phase.

The two artefacts are to be handed over the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), whose experts will then undertake further physical examinations to establish their exact period and original location.

Chinese state-run media reported that the elements of the People's Armed Police (PAP), which is under the command of the Central Military Commission, were assembling in Shenzhen.

Last year, the US Treasury Department accused the Singapore firm and the Chinese company, Dalian Sun Moon Star International Logistics Trading Co Ltd, of having 'worked together to facilitate illicit shipments to North Korea'.

Independent parliamentary ethics commissioner said Trudeau had wrongly sought to "exert influence over the attorney general in her decision whether to intervene in a matter relating to a criminal prosecution."