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December 1, 2016

AP Explains: What's behind persecution of Myanmar's Rohingya

Abdul Razak Ali Artan, the Somali-born student accused of carrying out a car-and-knife attack at Ohio State University this week, reportedly protested on his Facebook page about the killing of minority Muslims in Myanmar.

December 1, 2016

West Papuans protest against Indonesian rule

West Papuan protesters faced off with police in the Indonesian capital on Thursday in a demonstration calling for the remote region's independence.

December 1, 2016

15 feared dead in explosives factory fire in India

Police say a fire has engulfed a factory manufacturing explosives in southern India and 15 workers are feared dead and another three injured.

December 1, 2016

Official survey: China factory activity rises to 2-year high

An official survey has found that Chinese factory activity rose again in November to its highest in more than two years.

December 1, 2016

Analysis: S. Korea leader again buys time, but failure looms

She pulled off a deft bit of political maneuvering, probably born of desperation.

December 1, 2016

China says families of 74 workers killed to receive payments

The Chinese engineering firm responsible for building a cooling tower where 74 workers were killed has offered about $175,000 in compensation to each of the victims' families, state media reported.

December 1, 2016

China hikes tax on imported luxury cars

China's Finance Ministry has imposed an additional 10 percent import tax on luxury cars in the communist government's latest move to curb ostentatious spending.

December 1, 2016

Managers questioned as 22 Chinese coal miners trapped

The managers of an apparently unregistered coal mine in northeast China are under questioning as rescuers tried Thursday to reach 22 workers trapped for a third day.

November 30, 2016

UN further tightens North Korea sanctions

The U.N.

November 30, 2016

Bret Baier: A new path for the US and Cuba? What Ike and JFK might tell President-elect Trump

As president Donald Trump will oversee the beginning of the post-Fidel Castro era, with all the complexity that entails.