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Myanmar's military says two soldiers accused of killing a woman from an ethnic minority community will face a court-martial. The mother of three's death has reignited anger in Karen state, where there has been unrest for decades.Karen co...

At least 94 Rohingya refugees have been rescued by the local community in the Indonesian province of Aceh - after spending weeks at sea. At least 30 of them are young children - and many appeared to be unaccompanied. It was initially unc...

After nearly two weeks of nationwide protests against police brutality, several US states are taking steps to reform controversial police practices.In Minneapolis, where George Floyd died in police custody, chokeholds and neck restraints...

While protesters in the United States mourn George Floyd, police brutality is also a concern south of the border in Mexico.Mexicans protested against police brutality in the second-largest city, Guadalajara, accusing the police officers ...

Many police officers across the United States have condemned the actions of the four officers involved in the death of George Floyd.But it is just the latest in a series of deaths of unarmed Black men at the hands of law enforcement. Al ...

Anger is spreading in the US over the death of an unarmed Black man after a white police officer knelt on his neck while restraining him on the ground in the city of Minneapolis. As new video of the incident emerged that showed George...

City leaders in southern China are denying allegations of racism amid the coronavirus pandemic, insisting foreigners have not been discriminated against. Africans living in Guangzhou say they are being kicked out of their homes and face ...

After 44 years behind bars, Otis comes out to try and rebuild his life in a world that seems to have changed completely.When Otis Johnson was 25 years old, he was sentenced for the attempted murder of a police officer.Forty-four years la...

Earlier this month it was revealed that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) suspected its Islamabad station chief may have been poisoned by Pakistan's military intelligence service, the ISI, following the 2011 raid that killed Osama...

It is a fear that haunts the lives of too many Japanese women; a silent epidemic with consequences that can be fatal: Japan is suffering a wave of violent male stalkers.And some victims are speaking out. Reports of stalking have increase...