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Stephen Hawking's thesis crashes Cambridge University website
The university said the historic thesis was the most-demanded item in its online repository
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Stabbed Russian journalist 'in recovery room'
Tatyana, a 32-year-old presenter, was attacked on Monday at the offices of the Echo of Moscow radio station
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Spain finds humour in Catalan separatist crisis
Jokester depicted Catalan leader as TV dating show candidate with caption, 'Carlos, 54, independent but not too much'
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Pentagon looks at stepped-up Africa role to counter IS
IS has 'has aspirations to establish a larger presence' in Africa, says top US military officer
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Kim Jong-Nam murder suspects visit airport crime scene
Two women allegedly poisoned him by rubbing nerve agent VX on his face in a Cold War-style hit that stunned the world
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China confirms Xi Jinping as country's most powerful leader since Mao
The amendment puts him in the same company as the founder of modern China, Mao Zedong
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Syrian journalist wins UK award for Aleppo hospital film
'My only concern was that our story gets told'
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Iran's regional status has never been stronger: Rouhani
Rouhani says Iran's regime was under threat from fierce infighting between conservatives and moderates at home
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Trump to press China on North Korea, trade on Beijing visit
Trump will call on Xi to fully implement UN Security Council resolutions against Pyongyang
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Catalan separatists vow 'civil disobedience' in standoff with Madrid
Catalan President Carles Puigdemont and his team may be out of their jobs as soon as this weekend
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Iraq rejects US call for Iran-backed forces to end operations
Washington is concerned Iran will use its expanded presence in Iraq and in Syria to expand its influence in the region
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38 women accuse US director James Toback of sexual harassment
Toback denied the allegations, telling the Times he had never met the women
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Egypt hits suspected militants smuggling arms from Libya
Air strikes on the western border part of operations to track down terrorists
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Nations pledge $340 million to Rohingya response
UN says it needs $434 million to provide support through February for the 900,000 Rohingya who fled across the border
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Israel police detain 15 over campaign to stop Jewish-Arab dating
Arabs account for some 17.5 percent of Israel's eight million population
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Israel accuses Syrian Hezbollah of trying to spark war
Says Lebanese guerrilla group's leader ordered shelling across Golan
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Trump called to congratulate Abe on 'big win': White House
Abe clinches two-thirds "super-majority"
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India sends ex-spy to IOK for talks
Former IB director Dineshwar Sharma may speak to APHC if he wants, Home Minister Rajnath Singh says
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Trump 'made me cry': widow of slain US soldier
'Trump couldn't even remember my husbands name and this hurted me the most,' said the widow of the slain US soldier
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In Kabul, Tillerson sets the tone for Pakistan visit
US secretary of state asks Islamabad to act against terrorists or face consequences
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Scientists find blood molecule that attracts wolves, repels humans
Never before has the same molecule been known to provoke diametrically opposite behaviours in creatures
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Train crushes four women crossing tracks in east India
Nearly 28,000 people have been killed in accidents along tracks in 2014
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No dialogue yet between rivals in Gulf crisis: Tillerson
US Secretary also aimed to persuade the feuding Gulf states to open dialogue
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Islamic State 'executed' 116 in Syria town revenge campaign
Extremist group last week lost its key Syrian stronghold of Raqa
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Sudan editor convicted after Bashirs accused of graft
Reporters without borders: Sudan's national security agency "hounds journalists and censors the print media"
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Gunman arrested, hostages freed at British bowling alley
Police cars arriving, there was a helicopter, police dogs, armed police stood all around the bowling alley
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Afghan President Ghani to visit New Delhi tomorrow, same day Tillerson will
Ashraf Ghani has banned Pakistani trucks from entering Afghanistan
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Zakir Naik to be charged under India's terror laws
The Islamic preacher has consistently denied the charges against him
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Five things to know about Japan's pacifist constitution
Any tentative move towards re-militarisation would trigger alarm bells in China and the Koreas
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No blood money for victims of 2015 Makkah crane crash, rules Saudi court
108 people were killed and 238 others injured when crane fell on wall of Grand Mosque in September 2015
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'It was going to eat her': Aussie teen survives shark scare
The girl, who escaped with minor cuts and bruises, said the ordeal was "everything you picture in the Jaws movie"
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Iran’s Guards seen economic winner from tougher Trump stance
Iran nuclear deal uncertainty complicates investment, Revolutionary Guards could step in instead
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8 killed in south Yemen attack on military base
Four men wearing explosive belts ran out of the car and towards the base, and were all shot dead
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Pictures of the day: October 23, 2017
13 photos from events around the world
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Oxford University Islamic professor denies rape allegations by French author
Professor Tariq Ramadan in a statement released through his lawyer said he 'rejects all these false allegations'
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In Communist China, it's a man's world at the top
Women account for just 4.9 per cent of 205-strong membership of Communist party's central committee
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Typhoon leaves five dead after lashing Japan on election day
Typhoon claimed its first victims on Sunday as a male passer-by died when scaffolding collapsed on him
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Teenager's axe rampage wounds several in Switzerland
Several people were wounded in the initial attack before the assailant "escaped with a stolen car"
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Five-month battle with IS ends in Philippine city: defence chiefs
Declaration made during regional defence moot
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Malaysia asks Interpol to trace financier linked to 1MDB scandal
Low is also accused of using 1MDB-linked funds to buy Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio a US$3.2M Picasso painting
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Indonesia seeks answer to why US blocked military chief's travel
On Saturday, armed forces commander General Gatot Nurmantyo was stopped from boarding an Emirates flight to US
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Trump tells Paris, Berlin to 'keep making money' via trade with Tehran
Trump's statement comes hours after Tillerson warned Europe against Iran investments
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In conversation with Sayed Ammar Nakshawani on Karachi, peace and unity
As an 'ambassador' of Islam he thinks a religion as beautiful as Islam should not be limited to history
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Ex-hostage says Taliban more honest than US army
Bowe Bergdahl, who faces trial for desertion, spent five years in Taliban captivity
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Man in India's Kerala caught on camera sexually assaulting woman, jailed
Attacker arrested after video went viral
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UK police dealing with 'incident' at leisure complex, reports of gunman
Local media report that roads leading to complex had been closed off
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Briton jailed for touching man at Dubai bar
The tourism and trade hub in the Gulf has strict laws against homosexuality and public indecency
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British woman dies after fall from riverboat in France
Woman goes overboard and was later found by divers at a depth of six metres
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Indonesia says military chief barred from US, seeks explanation
General refused entry by the US Customs and Border Protection agency
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Tillerson attends landmark Saudi, Iraq meeting
Iraq is seeking economic benefits from closer ties with Riyadh as both countries suffer from a protracted oil slump