The Rohingya: Stateless and adrift

Thousands of Rohingya adrift in the Andaman Sea highlight the plight of one of the world's most persecuted minorities

• May 21, 2015
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Spain decides what to do with boy found in suitcase

Woman tried to smuggle Ivory Coast boy into Spanish city enclave in North Africa in suitcase

• May 21, 2015

Irish leader urges voters to back same-sex marriage

Nationwide referendum pits Catholic Church's power against prime minister's secular-minded government

• May 21, 2015

China show's crotch grenade bombs with censors

Beijing pulls plug on TV drama over amorous scene in which a lover pulls an explosive from his partner's privates

• May 21, 2015

Beijing drag racers jailed for crashing luxury cars

Drivers reached speeds of over 100 mph in late-night race that wrecked Lamborghini, Ferrari

• May 21, 2015

Australia to strip citizenship of some ISIS fighters

Government plans to intensify crackdown on homegrown jihadis, but insists "we don't render people stateless"

• May 21, 2015

Japan's dolphin hunt town defiant after set-back

Mayor of Taiji insists "we will not quit" controversial hunt, after fishermen lose a big client for their prize catches

• May 21, 2015

China warns U.S. jet away from disputed islands

Washington sends bold signal to Beijing by flying hi-tech surveillance jet over Spratly Islands, and gets an unwelcoming response

• May 21, 2015

Lives, culture at stake as ISIS claims 2nd key victory

Sunni extremists take control of central Syrian city, putting 2,000 years of history in danger and gaining a worrying foothold

• May 21, 2015

4 killed by explosions at U.N. compound in South Sudan

The blast took place as rebel forces and government troops fight for control of an oil hub in the Upper Nile

• May 20, 2015

Yemeni rebel leader supports Geneva peace talks

Head of Iranian-backed Houthi group calls negotiations the "only solution" to the conflict that has killed more than 1,800 people since March

• May 20, 2015

UN says Iranian ship with Yemen aid heading to Africa

Humanitarian supplies bound for Djibouti where the U.N. has its hub for distribution of aid to the conflict-torn country

• May 20, 2015

ISIS raises fears of destroying another historical site

Militants seize almost all of ancient town of Palmyra, Syria, home to UNESCO World Heritage Site

• May 20, 2015

Prince Charles: "Grandfather I never had" killed by IRA

British royal on historic tour of Ireland gets standing ovation for speech about healing "even when the heartache continues"

• May 20, 2015

Statues from Hitler's office among Nazi-era pieces found in Germany

Police recover 2 bronze horse statutes that once stood in front of Hitler's grand chancellery building in Berlin

• May 20, 2015

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