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YANGON, Myanmar – Authorities in Myanmar have filed criminal charges against 69 student activists and their supporters who were arrested two weeks ago when police cracked down on peaceful protests against a new education law. Protesters remained defiant as they sang songs and waved at family and supporters when they …

BEIRUT – Activists say Syrian government forces have fired surface-to-surface missiles and conducted airstrikes on the rebel-held northwestern city of Idlib, killing more than a dozen people. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Local Coordination Committees said the Monday night strikes killed at least 14 people. The …

SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea plans to deport a Korean-American woman accused of praising rival North Korea in a recent lecture, officials said Friday, in the latest in a series of cases that critics say infringe on freedom of speech. The Korea Immigration Service decided to deport Shin Eun-mi, …