Human rights groups condemned on Friday a Myanmar government plan that could force thousands of minority Rohingya Muslims into detention camps indefinitely if they do not qualify for citizenship.
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The leader of Catalonia has set up a panel to supervise a contested independence referendum next month, defying Spain's central government which has gone to the courts to block the vote.
The United Nations plans to hold talks with the militias that have seized control of vast parts of Libya, hoping to persuade them to withdraw from major cities and avert civil war, the U.N. envoy there said.
A man who flew from Liberia to Texas has become the first patient infected with the deadly Ebola virus to be diagnosed in the United States, health officials said on Tuesday, a sign the outbreak ravaging West Africa may spread globally.
Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters extended a blockade of Hong Kong streets on Tuesday, stockpiling supplies and erecting makeshift barricades ahead of what some fear may be a push by police to clear the roads before Chinese National Day.
U.S. warplanes attacked Islamic State targets in Syriaovernight, in raids that a group monitoring the war said killed civilians as well as jihadist fighters.
(GPDN Los Angeles)-On September 27, 2014, Asian Pacific Islanders American Public Affairs Association (APAPA) held the 7th Annual Asian and Pacific Islander American Leadership Conference in Diamond Bar California. APAPA has been dedicating their efforts on empowering Asian Pacific Islander Amer
North Korea has rejected U.S. efforts to discuss the detention of three Americans, a U.S. diplomat said on Monday, adding the secretive state was missing a chance to build relations with Washington.
Hong Kong democracy protesters defied volleys of tear gas and police baton charges to stand firm in the centre of the global financial hub on Monday, one of the biggest political challenges for Beijing since the Tiananmen Square crackdown 25 years ago.
Taiwan's president on Monday called for China to adopt a peaceful and cautious approach in handling pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.
Mainland Chinese authorities needed "to listen carefully to the demands of the Hong Kong people", President Ma Ying-jeou also said in a statement.