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   By Michael Hogan HAMBURG, Germany (Reuters) – The U.N. maritime tribunal on Friday ordered Russia to release a Greenpeace ship and 30 people arrested in a protest against Russian Arctic oil drilling, most of whom have just been … Continue reading →

   File photo of a Chinese drone   Fri Nov 22, 2013 8:38AM GMT   China has tested its first stealth combat drone, a move seen as another step in the country’s military achievements. According to state broadcaster CCTV, the … Continue reading →

  Thursday, November 21, 2013 10:31 AM GMT President says small military presence offers best hope of stability, but suggests pact should be signed by his successor Emma Graham-Harrison in Kabul The Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, has reluctantly urged his … Continue reading →

  China is trying to reform its police and other security agencies Chinese officials must stop using torture to extract confessions from suspects, the Supreme Court has ruled. The court said on its official microblog that using “freezing, starving, extreme … Continue reading →

    Listen to an excerpt from the exchange between the control tower and pilot Continue reading the main story Related Stories Dreamlifter: The ‘pregnant plane’Watch Boeing to speed up Dreamliner output A Boeing 747 Dreamlifter cargo plane will attempt … Continue reading →

“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.” Some ascribe this quote to Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels; others say Hitler authored the idea. In Mein Kampf he did speak of … Continue reading →

In their own long-term interest, all political parties must jointly agree to stop sponsoring criminal candidates Criminality in politics, or more pointedly, criminals sitting in our Parliament and legislatures, is an issue that has for long been debated in many … Continue reading →

    The Chinese Hongzha-6 The United States is gravely concerned about China’s new long-range nuclear bombers that can target previously unreachable US military bases in the Pacific, according to a new report. The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission … Continue reading →

  The 900-year-old Buddhist temple at Preah Vihear is a World Heritage site Continue reading the main story Related Stories Thai planes raise Cambodia tension Q&A: Thailand-Cambodia temple dispute Deal over Thai-Cambodian dispute Cambodia should have sovereignty over most of … Continue reading →

In a continent dominated by behemoths like China and India, the archipelago of Indonesia can sometimes find itself in the shade. But increasingly, this populous, Muslim-majority democracy is feeling confident enough to assert its presence on the international stage — … Continue reading →