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Turkey bans YouTube after Syria security talk leaked

Turkey banned YouTube on Thursday after the video-sharing website was used to spread damaging leaked audio files from ...

Pandas and yak soup on Michelle Obama`s China menu

US First Lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday wrapped up a week-long trip to China by feeding a panda before having a ...

US condemns murder of Iraqi journalist

The United States on Monday condemned the killing of a prominent Iraqi journalist in Baghdad over the weekend, ...

West cancels Russia`s G8 summit over Ukraine crisis

President Barack Obama and top economic powers on Monday cancelled an upcoming G8 summit in Russia, seeking to deepen ...

US to send more marines to Australia

The United States will send 1,150 Marines to Australia in April, bolstering the roughly 200-member force already in ...

Obama says Malaysian plane search A `top priority`

President Barack Obama said Wednesday the search for the missing Malaysian airliner was a "top priority" for the ...

Israel to allow fuel into Gaza on Sunday

Israel is allow the resumption of diesel deliveries into Gaza on Sunday, a day after the territorys sole power plant ...

Crimea holds vote to join Russia as turmoil sweeps Ukraine

Crimea braced for a referendum on Sunday on whether to leave Ukraine and join Russia, escalating a Cold War-style ...

Bollywood`s Saif Ali Khan pleads not guilty to assault

Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan appeared in court on Thursday and denied breaking the nose of a South African ...

Australia to keep Britain`s Union Jack in flag: Minister

Australia has no plans to change its flag, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has said, adding there is little public ...

Ukraine won`t intervene in Crimea, referendum a "sham": President

Ukraine will not intervene militarily in the separatist peninsula of Crimea, in order to avoid exposing its eastern ...

Merkel tells Putin that Crimea referendum is "illegal"

German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday that she considered the referendum ...

China anger at Dalai Lama`s US congress meeting

China expressed anger Friday over the Dalai Lamas meeting with US congressional leaders, urging Washington to "stop ...

Russian forces enter Ukrainian missile unit in Crimea

Russian soldiers took over parts of a Ukrainian missile defence unit in Crimea on Wednesday, Ukraines defence ...

Red Cross hails Pacific disaster aid breakthrough

The Red Cross said Tuesday that an agreement with Pacific island nations designed to stop bureaucracy hampering ...