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US crude's front-month contract was down $2.46, at $50.23 a barrel just before noon, having fallen to $49.95 earlier

Foreign office demands the immediate cessation of strikes such as those conduced in Datta Khel on Sunday morning

Houthis seal off the area to prevent access to it

Opposition leader, Khaleda Zia, calls for anti-government protests on first anniversary of controversial elections

"Our political life has shown we cannot have sustainable growth while we are isolated," says Iranian president

Opposition leader Khaleda Zia had threatened to hold mass rallies in Dhaka to mark "Democracy Killing Day" on Monday

Archaeologists also found around 30 utensils, 24 made of limestone and four of copper

The Palestinian move to join ICC sets the scene for potential legal action against Israel for war crimes

New UN mission chief says ending this deadliest-ever outbreak was within reach

TTP-Jamaat Ahrar spokesperson reportedly found 'recruiting' militants on business networking site

Divers recover another body bringing to 31 the number of victims found

Indian BSF fires dozens of mortar shells on villages in Zafarwal and Shakargarh sectors

Most of the 232 men, 54 women and 74 children aboard are thought to be Syrians fleeing the war in their homeland

Pakistan will gain access to landlocked Central Asia in return for use of ports.

The Gongchen Tower was 26 meters long, 15.7 meters wide and 16 meter high and dates back 600 years

Singer responds to criticism for posting photographs of civil rights icons entangled in black string.

Singer’s recovery from a cycling accident more difficult than he thought.

There were no reports of any injuries or damage

Team from foreign ministry to head to Baghdad to liaise with Iraq on choosing and preparing buildings for missions

The IRNA news agency reports that the 24-point plan contained 14 flaws and 'contradicted the constitution'

A 22-year-old woman repeatedly raped near Bodh Gaya, Buddhism's holiest site

Militants storm Malari village, believed to be their major base

Clooney helped compile a report that raised questions about the independence of judges and prosecutors in Egypt

Believe the APS attack brought about a transformation in the leadership’s policies

Two men from an ally in Balochistan govt given contract to supply manpower

Search operation comes across objects in Java Sea off island of Borneo

Believe the APS attack brought about a transformation in the leadership’s policies

Italian sailors on Friday managed to take control of a crewless merchant ship drifting with 450 migrants on board

The Modi government needs to rein in the hotheads that are stoking the fires, because symbols really do matter

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is to review the letters and notify state members on the request within 60 days

Australian model Sharky Jama leaves runway to join ongoing Islamic State rampage.

Rangers personnel were greeted with volley of unprovoked fire, causing severe injuries which they later succumbed to

Delhi police commissioner says total of 2,069 rape cases reported in New Delhi in 12 months leading up to December 15

A total of 30 bodies and more debris have been recovered from the sea so far

All four people on board the vessel from near Karachi are believed to have been killed in the dramatic episode

On Sunday, a Cairo court will hold the second hearing in the case of 26 men arrested for alleged debauchery

After a decade of near double-digit growth, the Afghan economy has stalled in the last two years

Cai, 59, replaces Li Congjun, who turned 65 in October and reached the age limit for ministerial-level posts

Sabity is one of 23 Saudis wanted in connection with protests and violence in Eastern Province

Indian toops again targeted the civilian population in the border villages in Shakargarh sector

Alleged mastermind of Mumbai attacks remanded in 14-day custody

Slang term of endearment is on a list of words that should be banned.

Park Sang-hak plans on dropping 100,000 DVDs and USBs with the film by balloon in the hermit kingdom.

Police initially tried to brush off criticism, saying skullcaps were used "to give them a different look"

The 25-year-old wrote in a newspaper about the night of December 5 when she dozed off in a taxi while returning home

About 17,000 foreign soldiers, most of them from the US, will still be deployed in Afghanistan

Injures dozens as people pack Bund area

Nuclear facilities list exchanged under bilateral agreement which bars from attacking each other's atomic facilities

Petitioners say Islamabad court suspension order is illegal, passed without due consideration of relevant facts

Clashes kill four Pakistani Rangers, one Indian border guard