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When Russia releases an American citizen from prison, the US normally hands someone over in return.

Donald Trump has confirmed US media reports he secretly left Turkey by switching planes via a catering container over a threat from Iran.

North Korea has declared it must possess the capability to counter any potential enemy moves with retaliatory strikes that would make their "survival and recovery impossible", according to reports.

The man accused of shooting a US healthcare executive dead in a street has appeared in a New York courtroom, as a judge ruled the murder trial will be heard by an anonymous jury.

Former Syrian president Bashar al Assad has been sentenced to death in absentia for crimes against humanity and war crimes, following a ruling by a court in the country.

At least 15 people have died and another 27 are missing after a ferry capsized on a huge lake in Zimbabwe, officials have said.

Dozens of migrants reached the Spanish mainland after entering Ceuta during the mass influx into the enclave, police sources have told Sky News.

A Thai official has been killed after a gunman opened fire inside a local government office - in the country's second deadly shooting in three days.

Torrential rain and storms in Typhoon Dolphin's wake have inundated several provinces in China's east, cancelling of hundreds of flights.