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Thousands protest US missiles in S Korea
Thousands of South Koreans have protested against a planned deployment of US-built THAAD missile system in Seongju which is home to 40,000 people.

Thousands of South Koreans have protested against a planned deployment of US-built THAAD missile system in Seongju which is home to 40,000 people.

Indian premier has held an emergency meeting over escalating violence in Kashmir protests.

A car bomb attack kills at least seven people and injures 11 others at an area to the north of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says his country aims to develop good relations with Syria and Iraq.

Israeli military forces shoot dead a young Palestinian man and injure another near the occupied al-Quds (Jerusalem).

People in London have taken to the streets again to protest US police brutality against African Americans.

Amnesty International says it has seen an "unprecedented spike" in enforced disappearances in Egypt since early 2015, with the government seeking to quash dissent.

Syria’s UN ambassador calls on the international community to stop Israel’s occupation of the occupied Golan Heights.

A Taiwanese warship sets sail for the South China Sea “to defend Taiwan's maritime territory”.

US Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump has criticized the Black Lives Matter movement as divisive.

Russia verifies Iran’s commitment to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a nuclear agreement signed between Iran and six world powers last year.

In Mali, anti-government protest has turned deadly as security forces opened fire on demonstrators, leaving at least three people dead.

Senior House Democrats are refusing to back a Republican push to pass multiple sanctions bills against Iran.

Hillary Clinton’s lead over Donald Trump falls to three points across the country, a new poll says.

Barack Obama says "bias" against racial minorities still exists in the US despite dramatic improvement in race relations.

China’s ambassador to the US says the international tribunal ruling denying Beijing’s claims in the South China Sea will lead to confrontation.

See pictures taken by a team of explorers who snuck into the exclusion zone around Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant

Charles Koch says the choice between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump is a choice between cancer and a heart attack.