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The Austrian-directed film, "Twilight Over Burma: My Life as a Shan Princess," is set in mid-20th century Myanmar

On Syria, where the war is in its sixth year, Kerry said he still hoped to be able to fully stop the fighting

Around 2 billion people eat insects as part of their everyday diet, says Terreform ONE co-founder Mitchell Joachim

Strain had not been seen in India for 17 years and the vaccines were not available locally in sufficient quantities

Seven lion attacks in villages near the Gir wildlife sanctuary in Gujarat state have killed three people since March

Zaghari-Ratcliffe, an employee of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, was arrested at Tehran airport

The group assembled a bomb but were arrested by police just days before launching their attack

Schools, hospitals and the army would all have their funding slashed if Britons vote to leave

Here's what the teenager had to say

We look at 13 images from events around the world

Hana Ali pens her father’s views about Islam

US-led alliance will continue to stand by the government in Kiev

Peace talks in Kuwait have completed their eighth week without any major breakthroughs

The alert came two days after an attacker who pledged allegiance to Islamic State killed a French police commander

The ban comes in the wake of UN resolution 2270, which aims to prevent the production of nuclear weapons

'Signing is good, ratifying is better' Hollande quipped at the Elysee Palace ceremony

Jessica Kumala Wongso denies the premeditated murder of her college friend Wayan Mirna Salihin

IARC has reviewed more than 1,000 scientific studies on the possible cancer-causing properties of coffee

The defendant confessed last year to killing Mohamed Januzi, a Bosnian boy and six-year-old Elias

Chinese foreign direct investment to Europe hit a record high of 20 billion euros in 2015

China, with its Nine Dash line on the South China Sea, stretches deep into the maritime heart of Southeast Asia

Critics see the reforms as skewed towards business interests, and strikes and clashes have flared.

Cost reduction conditional on policies curbing transaction costs, administrative procedures and approval processes

Police denied the scheme could be open to abuse, despite concerns from some human rights activists

Cleric urges Iran’s morality police to crack down on ‘improper veiling’

Ryan said "the smarter way to go" would be to have a "security test"

A Disney manager in Florida says Mateen visited the park in April

Poverty prevented Kami finishing his studies as a child and achieving his goal of becoming a teacher

China's rising military presence in Asian waters have sparked concerns in Japan

'The father entered the water and tried to grab the child and was not successful'

Iran can expect a shift in relations with the United States to a more aggressive posture under a Republic president

Trump had criticised Obama for not using the term "radical Islamic terrorism" to describe Islamic State militants

Donations include $1 million from the Walt Disney Co

Pakistan's array of other extremist groups means IS will not become a threat to Islamabad 'any time soon'

'We are working closely with French authorities as they deal with this terrible crime' Facebook said in a statement

The statement by the Muslim Council of Elders did not refer to its views on homosexuals, avoided using the term

There are an estimated 80,000 to 300,000 Afghan Americans, the largest communities are in California and Virginia

A federal grand jury had been convened and could charge Omar Mateen's wife, Noor Salman

He studied at an institution that only became part of Marmara University two years after Erdogan says he graduated

Obama has demanded that the Republican-controlled Congress pass legislation to curb the sale of assault-type weapons

Sekaleshfar said in 2013 that death penalty should be carried out for homosexuals who engaged in sodomy

Three associates of Abballa have been arrested over their involvement in a network recruiting 'jihadists' for Pakistan

Clinton won nearly 79 percent of the vote, compared with just 21 percent for Bernie Sanders

Schools, hospitals and the army would all have their funding slashed if the pro-Brexit side prevails: Osborne

In late 2014, ISIS estimated the North's nuclear arsenal at 10 to 16 weapons

Obama's official schedule indicated that the pair would talk behind closed doors in the Map Room

He said the number of foreign fighters joining the extremists was plummeting

Obama will travel to Orlando on Thursday to pay his respects to victims' families

Police described the case in the Texas panhandle city as an incident of workplace-related violence

Wave of protests that began in March coincides with senate debate on reforms aimed at making job market flexible