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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – A St. Petersburg court has ruled against a homosexual music teacher who lost her job after being outed by an anti-gay activist. Ksenia Kirichenko, the lawyer for a gay rights organization which is representing the teacher, said Thursday that the court this week refused the teacher’s …

UNITED NATIONS – The U.N.’s outgoing special envoy to Yemen says the parties there had been “very close” to reaching a political agreement before the current violence and that the main sticking point had been who would lead the country. Jamal Benomar also told reporters that a new targeted arms …

BEIJING – Beijing police are canceling music concerts, fundraisers and other events around the city, stoking worries that authorities are cracking down on any large gatherings deemed politically risky. Among the shuttered events, the authorities have called off an Earth Day festival, a pub crawl raising money for a gay …