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Obama gives cautious backing for Ukraine-Russia talks
Obama indicated that further sanctions and the controversial "lethal defense" assistance for Ukraine are on the table
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Pakistan sought to block content from 125 Twitter accounts in 2014: Report
Pakistani govt agencies made 4 requests for blocking content with 24 accounts specified between July-December 2014
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Trucks, trade, buses and India
A 10-kg package of narcotics ought not to be the spark that ignites a diplomatic incident between India and Pakistan
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15-year-old Pakistani wins $1.2m Dota2 Asian Championship
Sumail Hassan helps his team claim top spot in the world's second biggest Dota2 tournament
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Rocker proposes to Crouching Tiger star Zhang Ziyi with ring-carrying drone
Ziyi accepted Wang Feng's proposal which he sent in a white drone carrying the diamond ring
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David Beckham launches new UN children's fund
The fund is aimed at children living in warzones
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Cyberwar: Anonymous takes down Islamic State websites, social media accounts
The hacktivist group says it has renewed cyber attacks against the militant group in response to Charlie Hebdo
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Bahrain closes Saudi prince's television news channel
Although its news programmes stopped within hours of the launch, al Arab had continued to show promotional material
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Drone kills veteran Afghan militant with suspected IS links - official
Police says other casualties included veteran's brother-in-law and four Pakistanis
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Japanese tourist accuses Indian guide of rape
Police say the accused offered to drop the tourist at the hotel, but took her to desolate area and allegedly raped her
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Indian 'woman' has twins despite discovery she is mostly male
She underwent over 12 months of hormonal and other treatments to develop infantile uterus’ to allow her to conceive
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Bangladesh military denies planning takeover to end crisis
Spiralling violence has left at least 80 people dead, hundreds of others injured
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Suicide bomber kills at least 14 in north Baghdad
It is the second suicide bombing to hit the capital in three days
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22 dead in Egypt football violence
Witnesses and medical reports suggested many of the victims were crushed in a stampede
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Growing coordination: TTP faction chief injured in Afghan raid
Khalid Khorasani wounded in operation by Afghan, NATO forces in Nangarhar
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Detained trucks row: After trade, cross-LoC bus service also suspended
TATA representatives to meet counterparts from Indian Kashmir today
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British Muslims protest Charlie Hebdo Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) cartoons
Petition describes cartoons of Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) as "an affront to the norms of civilised society"
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Iran's Khamenei says could accept fair nuclear compromise
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said he "firmly" backed a fair nuclear deal.
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British Muslims protest in London against Charlie Hebdo cartoons
Protesters condemned the Paris attacks, but said the magazine should not publish the blasphemous caricatures
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14 dead in Egypt police clashes with football fans
The agency quoted the state prosecution as saying 14 bodies of those killed in the clashes had been taken to a morgue
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The depths of depravity
Barbarism knows no limits and the brutality of the IS brutalises all of us
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Radicalisation of Muslim youth in UK ‘frightening’: Prince Charles
Charles says radicalisation is "one of the greatest worries" & the issue can not be simply "swept under the...
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Prince Charles to tell Saudi king to halt blogger's flogging
The heir to the British throne would intervene in the case of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi.
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Jordan says 56 IS targets destroyed in three days of strikes
Eighteen more targets including ammunition and fuel depots and logistics centres were hit on Friday.
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Colombia's FARC rebels invite Miss Universe to attend peace talks
Vega has yet to respond to the invitation.
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Turkish woman kills husband over 'German porn fantasies'
He watched German porn films until the morning and wanted me to act out the scenes that he saw, she said
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French police detain six in new 'anti-terror' raid
This new raid takes place five days after the detention for similar motives of eight people in the Paris and Lyon
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Malala's father writes open letter to parents of Nigerian girls kidnapped by Boko Haram
Father says he will continue to stand with them and asks everyone to not forget and raise their voice
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Atrocities like Peshawar school attack must be opposed with every fiber of our being: Kerry
US top diplomat says no grounds justify murder of children, kidnapping and rape of teenage girls
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India, Pakistan suspend trade on Kashmir border: officials
Pakistani officials say trade suspended after Indian authorities detained a truck driver accused of drug trafficking
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Taliban commander Khorasani injured in Afghanistan: spokesperson
Ehsanullah Ehsan says Khorasani has now been shifted to a safe place and he is improving
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Kerry holds second round of nuclear talks with Iranian FM in Munich
World powers try to ensure that Iran's pathway to developing a nuclear weapon are cut off
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Love Commandos helping Indian couples escape prejudice
The organisation helps desperate couples who have defied their families
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Turkish PM to begin tour on February 16
This will be his first visit after assuming the office of prime minister in August last year
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Tokyo contest: Cyber security competition draws 90 hackers
Final rounds brought together 24 teams from seven nations
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Embattled US anchor takes himself off air
Says Lester Holt will sit in for him as the network deals with the issue
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Baghdad erupts in joy after decade long nightly curfew ends
The curfew has been in place since the aftermath of the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003
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IS had 'sentenced' US hostage to death over Aafia Siddiqui’s imprisonment: Activist
Siddiqui's family rejected Islamic State's attempt to link the two cases and said it did not want Mueller to suffer
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Exit polls forecast defeat for Modi's party in Delhi elections
5 exit polls released after voting ended indicated that the capital's former chief minister Kejriwal had won
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Ms Marvel co-creator promoted as Marvel’s director of content, character development
Marvel also launches an all-female Avengers cast under A-Force
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TransAsia retrains pilots after deadly crash
Pilots who fail the tests will be grounded immediately for an indefinite period
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Western powers say Libya risks bankruptcy as oil slumps
Global oil prices rallied this week having fallen 60 percent in six months.
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UAE to rejoin coalition strikes against Islamic State
As part of the move, UAE stations a squadron of its F-16 warplanes in Jordan to strike at IS targets
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Turkish PM to visit Pakistan later in February
Davutoglu to lead Turkey in Pakistan-Turkey strategic dialogue scheduled for February 17 in Islamabad
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Rome gives green light to red light zone
Council to establish up to three separate red light zones within district, if current experiment proves successful
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Bangladesh firebombings kill nine amid pleas for calm
At least three people burned to death when suspected anti-government protesters petrol-bombed a truck
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Basit to make 'courtesy call' to Indian foreign secretary in bid to revive talks
Dialogue was suspended last year after the high commissioner met with Hurriyat leaders
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Suicide bomb attack in Baghdad kills at least 17
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack
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Jamaica celebrates 70th birthday of late reggae great Bob Marley
Jamaica has debated for years adding Marley to its Order of National Hero, its highest honor
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Afghan families flee persecution in Pakistan after school attack: IOM
More than 22,000 undocumented Afghans flocked across the border at Torkham