AFP, YANGON: Myanmar President Htin Kyaw pardoned 83 political prisoners on the country’s traditional New Year Sunday, a spokesman from his office said, as the fledgling civilian-led administration seeks to cast off the shackles of nearly half a century of military rule. The new government, steered…

AFP, ADDIS ABABA: Armed men from South Sudan have killed around 140 people and kidnapped a number of others in a cross-border raid into Ethiopia, the Ethiopian government said Sunday. Ethnic Murle gunmen “attacked near Gambella and killed close to 140 people. They also abducted some of them,”…

AFP, AHMEDABAD, India: Stone-throwing protesters clashed with police firing tear gas in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state on Sunday, the latest caste violence over demands for preferential treatment for jobs and university places. Police also fired water cannon when violence flared…

AFP, VYSHGOROD, Ukraine: Igor Magala can still remember the metallic taste he got in his mouth as he drove up to the Chernobyl nuclear power station on…

AFP, JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Sunday that the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights would “forever” remain in his country’s hands as his cabinet held its first meeting in the territory. “The Golan Heights will remain in the hands of Israel forever,” Netanyahu…

AFP, SEOUL: A surge in activity at North Korea’s atomic test site suggests preparations for a fifth nuclear test are in their final stages, possibly before a key political event in early May, South Korean media reported Sunday. The frequency of vehicle, workforce and equipment movements at the…