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A law that criminalizes defamation and provides for steep fines and jail terms for violators has taken effect in the Maldives with the president signing it despite widespread public outcry.

A woman once thought to have lived as a feral child in the Cambodian jungles has been claimed by a second family as their long-lost daughter.

An official report says a high-pressure steam pipe has exploded at a power station in central China, killing 21 people and injuring five others.

An official report says a high-pressure steam pipe has exploded at a power station in central China, killing 21 people and injuring five others.

Poland's Constitutional Tribunal has ruled that parts of a new law governing its own operation are unconstitutional.

The Latest on the developments in civil war (all times local): 1:45 p.m.

The International Monetary Fund says it has signed an initial agreement with Egypt to loan the country $12 billion over three years.

Hundreds of mourners have paid their respects to Anne of Romania, wife of former King Michael, lying in state at the Royal Palace in Bucharest.

Pakistan's Foreign Ministry says the Afghan government is launching a mission to free the crew of a Pakistani helicopter that crashed inside Afghanistan while flying to Russia earlier this month.

Sri Lanka's Parliament has unanimously approved a bill to set up an office to help account for thousands of people reported missing during the country's armed uprisings and clarify the circumstances under which they disappeared.

Record low interest rates were meant to be a temporary response to the global financial crisis.

The Latest on political and military developments in Turkey (all times local): 1:05 p.m.

Turkey's state-run news agency says a Turkish naval officer working in the United States has gone missing and has failed to report back home following a failed coup by renegade officers within the Turkish military.

A senior U.S. military official says an advanced U.S. missile defense system that is to be deployed in South Korea only targets North Korea, not China.

A Libyan official says U.S.-backed forces in Libya have liberated "70 percent" of the city of Sirte, the Islamic State group's last bastion in the North African country.

The top diplomats of Japan and the Philippines have called on China to avoid intimidation and follow the rule of law in disputed waters where Beijing is defying an arbitration ruling that invalidated its vast territorial claims.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has held a meeting of the country's top brass to discuss boosting security in Crimea following the reports of foiled terrorist attacks.

Zambians are forming long lines at polling stations in a tight election race for president and parliament that has been marred by violence between rival factions.

A Syrian rescue worker says three civilians, a mother and two children, died in a suspected chlorine gas attack on an opposition-held district in the city of Aleppo.

Turkey's state-run news agency says Turkish jets have raided suspected Kurdish rebel targets across the border in northern Iraq, following a wave of attacks that killed at least 12 people.