Taliban, Afghan security forces hug during Eid ceasefire

Rare scenes have been reported in Afghanistan of Taliban fighters and government security forces shaking hands and embracing during an unprecedented ceasefire to mark Eid.

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Why China is moving millions to cities

To alleviate poverty, the Chinese government is moving 2 million villagers to cities in Guizhou province. Michele Palazzi photographed a changing way of life.

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US trade tactics put economy at risk, IMF says

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Anger in Hong Kong over Beijing's legal jurisdiction in new train station

Hong Kong lawmakers passed a controversial new bill Thursday allowing mainland Chinese laws to apply in a section of a new train station, despite protests by citizens and lawmakers.

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US claim drone strike kills Pakistan Taliban leader

A US drone strike in Afghanistan's northeastern Kunar province has killed the leader of the Pakistan Taliban (TTP), according to a Pakistan government official.

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UN calls for international inquiry into human rights violations in Kashmir

The United Nations slammed both Indian and Pakistani authorities Thursday for alleged human rights violations in the disputed Kashmir region, with the body's top rights official calling for an international inquiry into the claims.

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Pompeo calls reporter's question 'insulting'

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the statement between President Trump and Kim Jong Un included verification of denuclearization. However, the statement simply does not include verification.

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North Korea state media airs unseen video from Trump-Kim summit

Images of hundreds of North Koreans jubilantly clapping and waving flags as Kim Jong Un landed in Pyongyang Wednesday have been broadcast across the reclusive country as part of a lengthy state media documentary about his historic summit with US President Donald Trump.

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Shot and left for dead by the Taliban, 'Afghanistan's Malala' just graduated college with honors

Breshna Musazai's graduation from college was a life dream for her family. But two years earlier, Musazai wasn't sure she'd even live to see the next morning.

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Indian chess star pulls out of Iran tourney over headscarf rule

An Indian chess champion has decided to pull out of a tournament in Iran in protest over that country's compulsory headscarf rule, saying it is a violation of her human rights.

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Ending the US-South Korea war games would be a win for Beijing

Kim Jong Un flew into Singapore on a Chinese plane for his summit with US President Donald Trump and left with a prized concession long sought by Beijing: the suspension of US-South Korean war games.

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Two men killed over false child kidnapping claims on WhatsApp, Facebook

Twenty-seven people have been arrested after two men were beaten to death by a mob following false social media reports suggesting they were child kidnappers, police in India said.

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Kim had a great summit. And he didn't even need to give anything away

Kim Jong Un couldn't have scripted his Singapore sojourn any better himself. He got a five-hour audience with Donald Trump and barely gave anything away.

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Washington opens de facto embassy in Taiwan, angering China

China has lodged a protest with the US following the official opening of Washington's new de facto embassy in Taiwan, a self-ruled island off China's southeastern coast that Beijing considers a renegade province.

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North Korean media quiet on historic Trump-Kim summit

By Tuesday evening, the country's media had ignored the meeting, where Kim Jong Un made a vague pledge to denuclearize and Donald Trump suggested he would end US-South Korean military drills.

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How the Trump-Kim summit is playing in North Korea

North Koreans woke up to news on Monday that their leader Kim Jong Un had arrived in Singapore for a landmark summit with US President Donald Trump.

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Kim Jong Un goes for surprise nighttime walk ahead of summit

The North Korean leader went for a surprise stroll in Singapore on Monday night, just hours before he was due to take part in a landmark summit with US President Donald Trump.

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Will striking a deal with Trump risk Kim's regime?

It's a measure of Kim Jong Un's confidence as North Korean leader that he's left his country to meet US President Donald Trump in Singapore, the farthest he's traveled since taking on his father's role in 2011.

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Ri Sol Ju: The woman married to Kim Jong Un

North Korea's first lady, Ri Sol Ju has made regular appearances at her husband's side in recent months as relations have warmed between North and South Korea.

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Kim Yo Jong: The only woman at the summit table

She was the face of the North Korean delegation at the Winter Olympics in the South this year, and now she has a seat at the table for the most significant peace talks between the two nations in decades.

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Rohingya 'living on sandcastles' as first monsoon rains hit fragile camps

The first monsoon rains have hit camps housing hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, causing the death of one young child, and destroying hundreds of makeshift shelters, as aid agencies warn of a humanitarian catastrophe as the wet season gets underway.

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Hong Kong independence activist Edward Leung jailed for six years

Hong Kong independence activist Edward Leung has been jailed for six years for his part in violent demonstrations in February 2016, the latest in a series of prison terms handed down against pro-democracy activists in the city in the past year.

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Chinese missile launchers reappear on disputed South China Sea island

A series of Chinese missile systems have reappeared on a disputed island in the South China Sea, days after satellite imagery appeared to show they had been removed.

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Kim Jong Un arrives in Singapore for historic summit

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Singapore ahead of an historic summit with US President Donald Trump Sunday, as Trump declared that the young dictator had a "one-time shot" to bring his country in from the cold.

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