50 years of military rule over in Myanmar (or Burma)
As opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi's confidant is sworn in, fledgling democracy notches "historic milestone" on path to democracy
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Syria's Assad rejects key opposition demand
U.S.-backed opposition insists dictator must yield power to "transitional body," an idea Assad dismisses as "unconstitutional"
Why did British man snap a selfie with plane hijacker?
English health and safety auditor and EgyptAir passenger Ben Innes tells newspapers his reasoning was essentially, why not?
ISIS claims bomb attack on Russian police
IED blast hits police convoy in restive, largely Muslim republic of Dagestan, where many ISIS recruits come from
EgyptAir hijacker tells police he did it for love
But Seif Eddin Mustafa, who admits hijacking flight and diverting it to Cyprus, is in jail and facing several charges
Secret marriage revealed during search for Brussels victims
American woman only told her father she was married as they tried to locate husband killed in Brussels airport bombings
2 Mormon missionaries hurt in Brussels attacks return home
Mason Wells, 19, and Joseph Empey, 20, have returned to Utah; another American missionary remains hospitalized in Brussels
Syria's Assad tries to polish image with Palmyra's recapture
Extremists had destroyed some of the best-known monuments, including temples dating back more than 1,800 years, in the town nicknamed "Bride of the Desert"
Search for missing American in Swiss Alps called off
Harrison Fast from Boulder, Colorado, was speed flying on the Jungfrau mountain in the Bernese Alps when he disappeared
U.S. orders diplomatic, military families out of south Turkey
The State Department also warns U.S. citizens to avoid travel to southeastern Turkey, particularly near the Syrian border
Pirates hijack ship in Philippines, take several hostages
Indonesia said 10 of its citizens taken hostage in the often-insecure border region between the two countries
Pakistan arrests hundreds after deadly Easter blast
As Islamic extremists continue to choke capital city with protests demanding Sharia law, police sweep up suspects linked to radical groups
Mistakes aside, Belgium says terror network damaged
But with suspects still on loose and any sense of "normal" gone possibly for good, how much damage remains an open question
3-year-old girl decapitated, police officer stabbed in Taiwan
Transit police officer was stabbed in the head day after 3-year-old girl was grabbed from behind by an assailant
EgyptAir plane hijacked, "unstable" man arrested
Officials say Egyptian national told pilot he had bomb and demanded Airbus A320 be re-routed, but incident ended without casualties
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Russian envoy says visit to Iran aimed at averting return to war
France vows to crack down after protests spiral out of control
New evidence points to alleged O.J. Simpson accomplice in 1994 murders
Ex-OpenAI worker who allegedly planted bug contacted Saudi royal
Trump signs executive order on women's health
Zelenskyy says it's Putin who wants an endless war, not him
