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At 17, he was called a ringleader in the 1986 assault by whites in Queens that left a black man dead and another badly beaten. The family said he committed suicide.

Claims that atrocities were staged, along with stark hate speech against Rohingya Muslims, are blaring out from social media and official statements.

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Even after the defeat of jihadist forces in the city of Marawi, people on Mindanao tell of fierce battles with other Islamist cells.

Washington imposes travel restrictions on Myanmar’s military leaders and threatens sanctions against those responsible for atrocities in Rakhine State.

The Pentagon has not determined why the soldiers waited to seek backup. A top official said they might have thought they could withstand the deadly attack.

The Communist Party increasingly asserts its authority over business leaders, weakening their drive to invest and eroding confidence in the country.

RT was early to embrace the video site. Now that relationship is drawing scrutiny as investigators look into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Younger Indians, flush with disposable income and a newfound appreciation of the cultural riches within their own borders, have discovered Kerala. And for good reason.

A riveting revival of Stephen Adly Guirgis’s prison drama may be more timely today than at its premiere in 2000.

This futurist play, starring Cristin Milioti, imagines a world in which reality (or the non-virtual kind) is in retreat.

The European Union has failed to integrate many former Communist states. But their leaders deserve blame, too.

The state wanted to offer lower premiums in exchange for higher deductibles in a far-reaching effort to circumvent the federal law’s requirements.

New York’s transit system is replacing the MetroCard with a technology that can accommodate cellphones and certain kinds of credit or debit cards.

Of all people, he should have known how to handle a controversy with a Gold Star family, without making matters worse.

The kingdom is embarking on a big experiment as it diversifies its oil-based economy, and executives looking for investment are making their pitches.

Republicans are worried that President Trump’s musings could doom their best chance for a sweeping tax rewrite.

The American people should demand to know whether the police are spying on them.

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His rush to dismantle regulations and the agencies that enforce them will damage the economy — and the regular people he promised to protect.