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Egypt courts convict 170 backers of ousted president in country's latest mass trials

Police have detained 18 people, including mining company executives, as part of an investigation into Turkey's mining disaster.

Government celebrates five years since end of conflict with Tamil Tigers, and bans commemorations for victims.

Officials say bombings, mainly at markets and commercial streets, kill 11 people in Iraq

As parents ask why, ferry sinking makes S. Korea question pride in progress, faith in leaders

Mali: Tuareg rebels take 30 hostages in northern town in 'declaration of war' on government

Thousands of police deployed after violent protests over Chinese oil rig in disputed territory Vietnam has clamped down on anti-China protests after deadly riots triggered by a territorial dispute spooked foreign investo...

Turkish news report: 18 people including executives detained in mine disaster investigation

Eighteen people, including mine executives, are being investigated over the Soma disaster which killed 301 people.

State says suspects linked to Kurdish separatists arrested in city where 12 died in 2010 attack on military parade.

China has evacuated more than 3,000 of its citizens from Vietnam after deadly anti-Chinese violence erupted last week.

Police set up roadblocks and reportedly arrest dozens as government promises full review into deaths of 301 coal miners.

Indians channeled their hopes into one man. Here's what Modi should address.

An emotional Novak Djokovic came back from a set down to beat Rafael Nadal 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the final of the Rome Masters.

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- The death toll from fighting over the weekend in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi between troops loyal to a rogue general and Islamist militias has risen to 70, the Health Ministry said on Sunday...

Pyongyang expresses 'profound consolation and apology' after collapse of unfinished block of flats housing 100 families.

The first group of officer cadets at a new British-run academy in Afghanistan are now half way through their training, modelled on Sandhurst in the UK.

Concern voiced for health of Mariam Ishag, sentenced to death by court for adultery for marrying Christian man.

After destroying nearly 20,000 acres of land in the San Diego region, firefighters have finally gained some control over the Californian wildfires that started on Tuesday.

Two Brazilian boat drivers are to be prosecuted over the death of a woman from Kent.

An RAF spy plane has left the UK to help search for 223 schoolgirls abducted by Islamic militants in Nigeria, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said.

Thousands of Syrians have lost limbs during the country's three-year conflict.