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Chan Kin-man, Benny Tai, Chu Yiu-ming

Leaders of Hong Kong pro-democracy protests sentenced

A court in Hong Kong handed down prison sentences of up to 16 months Wednesday to eight leaders of massive 2014 pro-democracy ...

Chan Kin-man, Benny Tai, Chu Yiu-ming, Tanya Chan

The Latest: Hong Kong protest organizers sentenced

The Latest on the sentencing of Hong Kong protest organizers (all times local): 11:40 a.m. A court in Hong Kong handed down ...

Death toll rises to 359 in Sri Lanka bombings, more arrested

The death toll from the Easter suicide bombings in Sri Lanka rose to 359 and more suspects have been arrested, police said ...

No bond for veteran suspected in N. Korea embassy attack

A U.S Marine veteran from Southern California was part of a group of dissidents wielding machetes and fake guns when they ...

The Latest: London counter-terrorism team seeks images

The Latest on the Easter attacks in Sri Lanka (all times local): 11 p.m. London police are asking for images taken during the ...

The Latest: US veteran suspected in N. Korea embassy attack

The Latest on a dissident group's raid on North Korea's embassy in Madrid (all times local): 5:30 p.m. Prosecutors allege a U

Ukraine police find Impressionist painting stolen in France

Ukrainian police have recovered a painting by French Impressionist Paul Signac stolen from a French museum. Police chief ...

Saudi Arabia beheads 37 for terrorism crimes; most Shiites

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday beheaded 37 Saudi citizens, most of them minority Shiites, in a mass execution across the country for ...

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New video emerges of controversial police shooting

Body camera footage of a white Louisiana police officer fatally shooting an African American man who had threatened a store ...

The Latest: Woman arrested in killing of N Ireland reporter

The Latest on the killing of a journalist in Northern Ireland (all times local): 8:50 a.m. The Northern Ireland Police ...

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Myanmar court rejects appeal of jailed Reuters reporters

Myanmar's Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the final appeal of two Reuters journalists and upheld seven-year prison ...

Former French PM Fillon and wife to stand corruption trial

Investigating judges have ordered that former Prime Minister Francois Fillon and his wife stand trial on corruption charges, ...

N Ireland: Woman arrested in slaying of journalist McKee

The Northern Ireland Police Service said Tuesday they have arrested a woman under the Terrorism Act in connection with the ...

The Latest: Man recalls death of daughter, wife in blast

The Latest on explosions in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday (all times local): 4:53 a.m. A man whose Australian wife and only ...

Sri Lanka military gets special powers after deadly bombings

Sri Lanka's president gave the military sweeping police powers starting Tuesday in the wake of the Easter bombings that ...

Cyprus lake, mineshaft searched for bodies after 2 found

Police investigators in Cyprus searched a flooded mineshaft and a lake Monday in their investigation of the killings of two ...

Bulgaria: Killer of TV journalist gets 30 years in prison

A Bulgarian court has sentenced to 30 years in prison a man charged of the rape and murder of a television journalist.

Darfur justice could prove elusive despite al-Bashir's fall

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, driven from power and now languishing in a prison where his opponents were once jailed and ...

Albanian police arrest four over airport heist

Albania police say they have arrested four suspects over the theft of some 5 million euros ($5.6 million) from a passenger ...

Austrian prison escapee returns, fed up of life in the sun

A man who says he fled an Austrian prison over a decade ago has turned himself in to police in Salzburg, telling them he was ...