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Image copyright EPA Image caption More than half a million Muslims are still believed to live in Myanmar’s Rakhine state Myanmar has responded defiantly to a ruling by the UN’s top court ordering measures to prevent the genocide of Rohingya Muslims. The country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it presented …

MOSCOW — Russian lawmakers on Thursday quickly gave preliminary approval to a slew of constitutional changes widely seen as an attempt by President Vladimir Putin to remain in charge after his current term ends in 2024. Kremlin critics have described the amendments as an attempt by Putin to secure his …

Donald Trump has invited Israel’s prime minister and leader of the opposition to Washington for talks on the “prospects of peace”, signalling that the White House was preparing to share details of its long-awaited “ultimate deal” for Israelis and Palestinians. Mike Pence, the US vice-president who is visiting Jerusalem for …

Spread of the new coronavirus that originated in China has not yet reached a level that would deem it a global public health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. The virus has sickened more than 600 people, and 17 have died. “Now is not the time. It’s too …

India is planning on sending a “female” humanoid robot called Vyommitra into space as part of an unmanned mission which could launch this year. Kailasavadivoo Sivan, the chief of the nation’s space agency, the India Space Research Organisation, described the robot as a “half-humanoid” as it doesn’t have any legs. …

Image copyright Getty Images The US Department of State has unveiled new rules to deter pregnant women from travelling to the US to give birth. The policy takes effect on Friday and is intended as a crackdown on what is known as “birth tourism”. Under the rule, pregnant women applying …

The coronavirus sweeping China and trickling across borders has a lot in common with the flu, but it has the potential to be dangerous if not identified quickly, experts say. The virus has so far killed 17 people and sickened hundreds more, and it’s spreading rapidly. Cases now stretch from …

Universities across the UK say they are monitoring the coronavirus outbreak as one institution warned students thinking of heading home for the Chinese New Year that they would face being quarantined on their return. The University of Chester said it has notified its students currently in the UK that if …

A Ball State University professor called police on a student who declined the teacher’s request that he move desks during the middle of class. After officers showed up to the Marketing 310 class of professor Shaheen Borna on Tuesday, student Sultan Benson opted to leave rather than change seats mid-lecture, …

By Clare Sibthorpe, news reporter An American journalist who exposed ecological destruction in Indonesia has been arrested and could face up to five years behind bars, his lawyer has said. Philip Jacobson, 30, is the editor of the environmental science website Mongabay. Mr Jacobson was first detained in Palangkaraya, the …