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Russian crash shows risks of informal demo flights

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The crash of a Russian-made passenger jet into the flanks of an Indonesian volcano has put a spotlight on the notoriously informal atmosphere...

Europe less, China more popular in global BBC poll

European countries and the EU have fallen sharply in worldwide popularity, an opinion poll for the BBC suggests. The percentage of those surveyed giving positive views...

UN adopts historic ‘land grab’ guidelines

The United Nations has adopted global guidelines for rich countries buying land in developing nations. The voluntary rules call on governments to protect the rights of...

The baby who was ‘buried alive’

The case of a baby girl who was allegedly buried alive in the state of Uttar Pradesh has shocked many Indians, as the BBC's Sanjoy Majumder reports. Inside a filthy...

Japan grants visa to Uighur leader Kadeer

Tokyo has issued an entry visa to Rebiya Kadeer in readiness for next week’s World Uyghur Congress, a Japan-based Uighur organisation said Friday, provoking the...

The Taliban, in Their Own Verse

Three-and-a-half years ago, weeks before Barack Obama was elected president and as the United States military was preparing to leave Iraq and dedicate more troops to its...

Thai PM insists no reform of royal defamation law

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said Friday she would not seek to change the country’s harsh royal defamation law despite outcry over the death of a...

Team finds victims’ scattered body pieces, identifies one

A search and rescue team tasked with evacuating victims of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 plane crash has found victims’ bodies in scattered pieces during evacuation process...

Pakistan tests nuclear-capable missile

Pakistan carried out a successful test firing of a short-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile on Thursday, the military said.

International adoptions drop amid fraud crackdowns

The number of international adoptions has fallen to its lowest point in 15 years, a steep decline attributed largely to crackdowns against baby-selling, a sputtering...