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Turkish warplanes have pounded PKK bases in several regions in northern Iraq

If the numbers are as high as suggested, this may be the single deadliest incident since the start of the conflict

At UN General Assembly, Russian president calls for a broad UN-backed coalition to fight Islamic State militants

Li said he resolutely supported China's path to reform and opening up

The soldiers were transferred to pre-trial detention on charges of terrorism, waging an aggressive war against Ukraine

The accused couple will start being questioned in court on Thursday with 84 witnesses and 60 experts to testify

Spokesman for Ahrar al-Sham rebel group says regime continuing and Assad staying is failure

Beyond the confirmed 228 dead a further 227 Iranians were injured and 246 are missing

Mazher Mahmood’s undercover work posing as "fake sheikh" has led to a number of high-profile criminal court cases

The hardline Orban said last week that Hungary aimed to seal the frontier

Company spokesman says number is part of 11 million vehicles worldwide that VW has said are affected by scandal

RBI surprises analysts by lowering benchmark repo rate to 6.75 per cent from 7.25 per cent with immediate effect

Nothing was planned at all, and it just happened in a few seconds, said an official

Beijing's envoy says Chinese government opposes terrorism, discrimination against races and any form of extremism

Clashes began when the murder of a Muslim man sparked reprisals by Muslims on a Christian neighborhood

Prince writes letters calling for removal of King Salman in light of Makkah tragedies, Yemen war

Sanctuary will prevent fishing, mineral exploitation in an area where scientists regularly discover new marine species

Australia has one of world's highest incidences of shark attacks, will test electrical barriers powered by wave energy

Beijing has scolded procrastinating local governments and threatened to punish them by recalling their budgets

Official says they have broken Indonesian immigration law and could be jailed for up to five years if found guilty

Government official says he was confident talks in New Delhi would "take deal to final stage"

Abdullah Abdullah asks Pakistan to keep its promise to crack down on extremists

They will now face a travel ban, freeze on their assets for their role in fighting and recruiting others to join IS

US embassy says its diplomats were instructed not to go outside overnight

The attack at about 9am marked the first US air strike to defend the city

Russia thrust itself back into play by dispatching troops and fighter jets to Syria, sparking fears in the West

The meeting comes a day after Obama clashed with President Vladimir Putin over the crisis in Syria

Security forces ready to investigate how Taliban managed to seize a major urban centre for the first time in 14 years

China and Iran have close diplomatic, economic, trade and energy ties

Meadow Walker's suit claims Porsche AG knew the car model had a history of instability and control issues

Obama says peace operations remain one of the world's most important tools to address armed conflict

China is one of the 50 countries who pledged some 40,000 troops and police for UN peacekeeping

Russian president says it's an enormous mistake to not cooperate with Syrian group fighting terrorists face-to-face

Under certain circumstances, liquid water has been found on Mars, NASA official addresses press conference

A team says it found evidence in the lines of 'hydrated salt minerals, which require water for their creation

US president describes Assad as a tyrant and as the chief culprit behind the four-year civil war

Hundreds of sanitisers have been sent to Facebook CEO, each with the name of a 2002 Gujrat riots' victim written...

Says fortunate again to meet the incredible and inspirational Malala

More than four million people have been driven from the homes in the four-year war in Syria

Former goalkeeper for the national team was not impressed by fans using national jersey as protest regalia

A local resident says 12 women, eight children and seven men died in the air strike

State news agency says men belonged to Islamic State cell that was planning to carry out "an imminent terrorist act"

Apple has also unveiled new lease and finance terms for US customers

Armed with rocket-propelled grenades, Taliban militants overwhelmed security guards at the jail in Kunduz city centre

Some lawmakers in Merkel's conservative bloc have criticised the gamble she has taken as she nears a decade in power

Religious hardliners and conservative tribal leaders say such pageants are unIslamic and threaten public morality

The most intense fighting since the 1990s has engulfed Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeastern region since July

Investigators have previously said they believe it was most probably a revenge attack by a people-smuggling gang

The government is also mulling issuing permits only to climbers who first scale another mountain above 6,500 metres

Iran says it lost at least 169 pilgrims when two large groups of pilgrims converged on at a crossroads in Mina