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China on Friday urged restraint ahead of the launch of a North Korean rocket, after Tokyo said it was readying its ...

A suspected rebel died and 25 by-standers were injured in Indian Kashmir on Thursday when explosives that he was ...

Six Kurdish rebels and six policemen have been killed during a massive operation targetting PKK militants in ...

The international community will subsidise Afghan security forces by more than $4 billion a year for a decade after ...

The UN Security Council demanded Wednesday that Syria immediately implement a peace plan by special envoy Kofi Annan, ...

Gun-toting soldiers patrol guard posts overlooking North Korean territory beyond a barbed-wire fence. Hundreds of red ...

British hostage Judith Tebbutt, captured in Kenya over six months ago by gunmen who killed her husband, was released ...

A London court on Tuesday sentenced a star of the Harry Potter films to two years in prison after he earlier admitted ...

Myanmar has invited election observers from the United States, the European Union and the United Nations for its ...

Russia warned Tuesday that Iran would have no option but to develop nuclear weapons if it came under attack from ...

Russia warned Tuesday that Iran would have no option but to develop nuclear weapons if it came under attack from ...

US President Barack Obama called Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas on Monday and assured him that the peace process ...

NATO agreed Monday to extend its anti-piracy mission off the coast of Somalia until the end of 2014, stressing that ...

At least six Somali civilians were killed after mortar shells struck their camp for displaced people near the ...

At least eight people were killed and 15 others wounded in clashes between Pakistani troops and militants in the ...