What could North Korea's 'Christmas gift' to the US be?

We're back in familiar territory. North Korea is again issuing cryptic threats that officials around the world are scrambling to decipher.

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North Korea says it conducted another 'crucial test' at missile site

North Korean state media has reported that "another crucial test" was successfully conducted at the country's Sohae Satellite Launching Ground late Friday.

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In Hindu-nationalist India, Muslims risk being branded infiltrators

Fears are growing among India's 200 million Muslims that they could soon be classified as "illegal immigrants" under a far-reaching new proposal.

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Emperor Emeritus Akihito Fast Facts

Read CNN's Fast Facts about Emperor Emeritus Akihito of Japan.

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Hu Jintao Fast Facts

Check out CNN's Hu Jintao Fast Facts for a look at the life of the former president of the People's Republic of China.

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Mahathir Mohamad Fast Facts

View CNN's Fast Facts on Mahathir Mohamad and learn more about the Prime Minister of Malaysia.

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The West turned Aung San Suu Kyi into a saint. She was always going to disappoint

Few people have risen so high in the international imagination only to fall as dramatically as Aung San Suu Kyi.

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Two killed in protests over controversial Indian citizenship bill

Hundreds of people have joined a hunger strike in northeast India, where the government has deployed troops and shut down the internet in the wake of a controversial citizenship bill opponents worry will marginalize non-Hindu voices in one of India's most ethnically diverse regions.

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Rapist asks to be spared death penalty. Pollution is killing me anyway, he says

Akshay Kumar Singh, one of the of six men convicted of one of the most shocking acts of violence in Indian history, is asking the country's judiciary to spare him from the death penalty.

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New Zealand recovers six more bodies from White Island, officials say, raising volcano death toll to 14

A specialist team recovered six bodies from White Island on Friday, days after the island's volcano erupted while a tour group was visiting.

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Military to attempt retrieval of remaining bodies from New Zealand volcano

Military personnel will attempt to recover bodies of the remaining victims of New Zealand's White Island volcano tragedy at first light Friday local time -- four days after it erupted.

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Military deployed as protests rage in India against citizenship bill

Troops have been deployed to India's ethnically diverse northeastern states of Assam and Tripura, amid violent protests against the passing of a controversial and far-reaching law that offers a path to Indian citizenship for non-Mulism minorities.

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They survived New Zealand's volcano eruption, then went back to rescue others

Geoff Hopkins says he will never forget the cries as the survivors of the White Island volcano eruption were pulled aboard the rescue boat.

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Nobel Peace Prize winner denies genocide claims

Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi defended her government from accusations of genocide against the Rohingya community at the United Nation's top court on Wednesday, calling the allegations "incomplete and misleading."

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India could pass bill that grants citizenship to non-Muslim minorities

India could be set to pass a bill that would give Indian citizenship to immigrants from three neighboring countries -- but not if they are Muslim.

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Foreign experts leave inquiry into Hong Kong police brutality

A group of international experts in Hong Kong has left an investigation into alleged police misconduct during protests after criticizing a lack of investigative powers.

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This place really wants to become the world's newest nation

The autonomous region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea voted overwhelmingly to leave the country and form a new independent nation on Wednesday.

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Should tourists have been on New Zealand's volcanic White Island?

New Zealand's most active volcano, White Island, sees thousands of tourists a year. But after Monday's fatal eruption, some question whether they should have been there at all.

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Grandmother killer whales boost calves' survival, study finds

The survival chances of young orca whales are boosted by the presence of their grandmothers, especially in times of food scarcity, according to new research that offers a clue as to the evolutionary purpose of menopause.

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Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar begins at world court

She was a global human rights and democracy icon, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and a political prisoner who spent 15 years under house arrest. But this week, Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi will personally defend her country from accusations of genocide against the Rohingya community at the United Nation's top court.

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Hong Kong police find two bombs meant to 'kill and to maim'

Police in Hong Kong say they seized and defused two completed bombs stashed at a middle school that could have "killed and injured large numbers of people."

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Canadians caught between US and China remain in prison a year later

Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were detained in December 2018 following the arrest in Vancouver of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou.

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New Zealand volcano eruption leaves at least five dead

Fears are growing for the eight people still missing on New Zealand's White Island following a deadly volcanic eruption Monday which caught a large group of visiting tourists unprotected.

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Volcano deaths highlight perils of adventure tourism

The deaths of at least five tourists in a volcanic eruption in New Zealand have raised questions over whether tour companies are taking enough precautions to keep tourists safe -- and whether tourists are aware of the risks.

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North Korea calls Trump a 'heedless and erratic old man'

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Delhi building owner and manager arrested after 43 die in fire

The owner and manager of a building that went up in flames with dozens of people inside have been arrested, a spokesman for New Delhi police said.

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This farm is growing food deep beneath South Korean mountains

In South Korea, underneath a mountain, NextOn has built a high-tech farm inside an abandoned tunnel.

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Volcano erupts on New Zealand's White Island

An unknown number of people are believed to be missing or injured after a volcano on New Zealand's popular White Island tourist destination erupted Monday.

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Dead baby found in restroom at Manila International Airport

A lifeless baby was found in a restroom of Manila's international airport on Sunday, the state-run Philippines National News Agency reported.

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Sumatran tiger fetuses found in jar as five arrested for poaching - report

Five people have been arrested for poaching a protected Sumatran Tiger in Indonesia, after authorities discovered a dead tiger with four of its fetuses in a jar, state media news agency Antara has reported.

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