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Four arrested in Turkey anti-government protests

Turkish police have fired tear gas and used water cannons to disperse hundreds of anti-government protesters in the ...

Russia says Saudi arming Syria `terrorists`

Russia accused Saudi Arabia and some other Gulf states on Thursday of funding "international terrorists and ...

Ruud sworn in as Australia`s new PM

Kevin Rudd was sworn in as Australia`s new prime minister Thursday almost three years to the day since he was ...

Mandela on life support, Zuma cancels foreign trip

Nelson Mandela is on life support, unable to breathe on his own, an elder in the South African icon`s clan said, all ...

Venezuela says would "almost certainly" shelter Snowden

President Nicolas Maduro said Wednesday that Venezuela would "almost certainly" grant political asylum to Edward ...

Next from Stevie Wonder: a gospel tune in Arabic?

Soul music legend Stevie Wonder says he`s toying with the idea of including a gospel song in Arabic on an upcoming ...

UIS sSinger Chris Brown charged over hit-and-run

US singer Chris Brown has been charged over an alleged hit-and-run car accident, police said Tuesday, but the star ...

Pakistan bombs kills 10, wound top judge

Bomb attacks in Pakistan killed 10 people and wounded nine others on Wednesday, including a senior judge who was ...

US threats to Russia on Snowden will fail

The United States is applying "ill-considered" pressure on Russia and China to expel fugitive US intelligence leaker ...

More than 100,000 killed in Syria uprising

More than 100,000 people have been killed in Syria since the beginning of the country`s uprising in March 2011, the ...

Israel reopens Gaza crossings

The Israeli army on Wednesday reopened the two crossings into the Gaza Strip which were closed as a punitive measure ...

US pressures Russia on Snowden, slams China

The United States vowed to pursue every legal channel as it heaped pressure on Russia to expel fugitive US ...

10 foreign victims identified after Pakistan attack

The bodies of 10 foreign tourists and a Pakistani guide shot dead by gunmen in an unprecedented attack at a remote ...

Mandela now critical

Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela who is receiving treatment for a recurrent lung infection is now in critical ...

Pakistani Taliban claim killing of foreign tourists

Pakistan`s umbrella Taliban movement on Sunday claimed responsibility for killing nine foreign climbers in the ...