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VENICE, Italy — The United Nations says there are 65 million forcibly displaced people around the world – a number so huge it can be overwhelming to contemplate.

FRESNO, California — The families of two Thai students Thiwadee Saengsuriyarit, 24, and Pakkapol Charatsongporn, 28, were in mourning Saturday after the bodies of their children were finally recovered from a California gorge.

YANGON — Myanmar's military on Friday dropped criminal charges it had filed against six journalists in cases that drew international criticism for discouraging freedom of expression.

FRESNO, California — A recovery team using a helicopter and a winch on Friday dragged a car from the middle of a dangerous California river where it had been stranded for more than a month and freed two bodies inside believed to be a pair of exchange students from Thailand.

BERLIN — The world's highest sandcastle is now standing 16.68 meters tall in the German city of Duisburg. A German travel operator organized the construction...

BANGKOK — Myanmar's military says almost 400 people have died in recent violence in the western state of Rakhine triggered by attacks on security...

BANGKOK — Pattaya police said Friday they are waiting for a psychological evaluation of two young children at the center of a custody dispute before deciding whether to charge a British man with sexually abusing them.

BANGKOK — With the clock about to run out on a hit-and-run charge, the whereabouts of an heir to the Red Bull energy-drink empire...

It’s been a varied week, to say the least.

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh — Three boats carrying ethnic Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar capsized in Bangladesh and 26 bodies of women and children have been recovered, officials said Thursday.