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A US air strike that destroyed a medical charity's clinic in northern Afghanistan, killing 42 people, was not a war crime, the Pentagon has said. Confirming disciplinary charges against 16 US service personnel, General Joseph Votel said…

Thirteen people are presumed dead after a helicopter crashed west of the Norwegian city of Bergen, rescuers say. Eleven of those on board were Norwegian, one was British and one Italian. No survivors have been found. Read more:…

Turkey's PM Ahmet Davutoglu has said the country's new constitution will feature the principle of secularism. He said Turkey's secular and democratic character was "not up for debate". READ MORE:…

Donald Trump has won presidential primaries in all five US states that voted on Tuesday, while Hillary Clinton triumphed in four out of five. Mr. Trump called himself the Republican "presumptive nominee" after victories in Connecticut,…

Three people connected to one of the San Bernardino attackers have been arrested over alleged marriage fraud. The brother and sister-in-law of gunman Syed Rizwan Farook were among those held after raids in California. READ MORE:…

US presidential hopeful Ted Cruz has been called "Lucifer in the flesh" by the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner. Mr Boehner, a fellow Republican, has also reportedly said he will not vote for Mr Cruz if he…

Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court has ruled that the detention of asylum seekers and refugees on Manus Island is unconstitutional. Australia sends asylum seekers to the Manus Island detention centre under its offshore processing policy.…

South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar has been sworn in as vice-president in a boost for a peace deal aimed at ending more than two years of conflict. He returned earlier to the capital, Juba, to take the post in a new unity government…

A group of experts on international law and political science from Taiwan and abroad toured Taiping Island in the ROC’s Nansha (Spratly) Islands April 15 to gain a better understanding of conditions there. The visit, at the invitation of…

Donald Trump says a pact formed by his two rivals for the Republican presidential crown is a desperate act. He lambasted Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Ohio Governor John Kasich over the alliance they announced late on Sunday. READ MORE:…

Bangladesh police say a top gay rights activist and editor at the country's only LGBT magazine is one of two people who have been hacked to death. The US ambassador to Bangladesh condemned the killing of Xulhaz Mannan, who also worked at…

Brazil has said it repatriated $125m (£86m) last year siphoned off to foreign bank accounts by corrupt officials, politicians and businessmen. The record figure is eight times more than what was recovered over the previous decade, the…

Prince, 57, was found dead in a lift on his Paisley Park estate on Thursday April 21. According to the Sheriff of the Minnesota County where the singer had his home, There is "no reason to believe" that Prince's death was suicide, he…

North Korea has reportedly fired a ballistic missile from a submarine off its eastern coast. North Korea is banned from nuclear tests and activities that use ballistic missile technology under UN sanctions dating back to 2006. Read more…

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has proposed legalising marijuana for medical purposes and easing limits for personal use of the drug. He said he would be sending a bill to the Congress to increase the amount users can legally carry…