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Fiat used by Pope during US visit sold at auction for $82,000
Some 19 bidders from across the United States vied for the vehicle
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Is this 7-feet-tall Great Dane the world's tallest dog?
Standing seven feet tall on his hind legs, Rocko, is contending for a place in the Guinness Book of Records
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Marshall Islands sue Pakistan, India and Britain over nuclear weapons
Island will seek in March to persuade the UN's highest court to take up a lawsuit against the three countries
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Canada's Trudeau visits remote community after deadly shooting
Trudeau, elected in October, has pledged to repair relations with Canada's 1.4 million aboriginals
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US won't release 'top secret' Clinton emails
"These documents were not marked classified at the time they were sent," State Department spokesman John Kirby
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Iran cancels London oil conference over visas - Seda weekly
The deputy head of the National Iranian Oil Co said foreign companies would be invited in May to bid for new contracts
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France to recognise Palestinian state unless deadlock with Israel broken
US-led efforts to broker peace for a two-state solution collapsed in April 2014, no efforts to resume talks since then
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Obama calls for efforts to counter Islamic State in Libya
United States has already sent a small number of military personnel into Libya, Pentagon spokesperson said
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Trump: celebrity billionaire re-writing US politics
The big question is: Can he translate his poll numbers into votes?
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Facebook aims to block private gun sales
The California-based social network on Friday updated its policy for managing regulated goods
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Iranian drone flew over US aircraft carrier operating in Gulf: US Navy
Iranian state television said a surveillance drone flew over a US aircraft carrier in the Gulf and took pictures
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Female shark eats male shark in Seoul aquarium
Aquarium in South Korea says its biggest shark has eaten another in what it has described as a 'turf war'
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Strong 7 magnitude quake strikes eastern Russia - USGS
National and Pacific Tsunami Warning Centers says there was no risk the earthquake had caused a tsunami
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Hamas ready for fresh conflict with Israel: Gaza chief
Tunnels have been reconstructed in Gaza City to fight the Jewish state, says Ismail Haniya
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At least 10 dead in Nigeria suicide bombing
Boko Haram has killed at least 17,000 people since its campaign began in 2009
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India arrests three extremists deported from Abu Dhabi
They have been charged with conspiracy to carry out strikes in India and outside, says investigation agency
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'Raped' German-Russian teen spent night at friend's house: Berlin
German police last week rejected the teenager's account but nevertheless passed the case to the prosecutor's office
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Buddhist monk declared 'world’s happiest man'
Originally from France, 69-year-old Matthieu Ricard reveals his secret of being the happiest person in the world
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Kohli fan’s arrest shows Pakistan’s hatred towards India: Shiv Sena
Umar Draz of Okara, Punjab faces 10 years in jail for waving Indian flag at his house
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Muslim women seek entry into Mumbai's Haji Ali Dargah
The protest sees intensifying after other women activists seek their way into Maharashtra temple
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Oxford physicist develops equation to disprove conspiracy theories
David Robert Grimes focuses on conspiracy theories such as mood landing was faked and vaccinations are unsafe, etc
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Iraq inks $328 mn deal with GE to boost power production
The deal will make only a small dent in the country's major summer production shortfall
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Illness that diverted American Airlines flight remains a mystery
Flight 109 traveling to LA from London was two hours into its journey when passengers and crew members became ill
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Indians should hang heads in shame over demolition of Babri Masjid: Pranab Mukherjee
Indian president criticises former PM Narasimha Rao's inability to prevent the demolition of Mughal era mosque in 1992
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US, UK hacked into Israeli air surveillance
The report cites documents leaked by rogue US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden
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Peacekeepers accused of abusing children in Central African Republic: UN
An independent review panel last month accused the UN and its agencies of grossly mishandling the allegations
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Protests in poll-bound Indian state of Kerala injure 48
Youths hurl stones at police in several parts of state and call for resignation of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy
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Russian tourism in Turkey crumbles after plane downing
Arrivals from Russia for 2015 dropped to 3.65 million in 2015 from around 4.5 million in the previous year
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French police question Disneyland gun-carrier but militant links not seen
According to a police source, the man said he was carrying the weapons for self-protection
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4 dead, 18 hurt in Saudi mosque bombing
4 dead, 18 hurt in Saudi mosque bombing: state TV
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Kremlin slams White House over Putin corruption claim
US Treasury acting under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence said Putin was a picture of corruption
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Bomb kills two police in Egypt's Sinai: ministry
There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the region is a stronghold of the Islamic State group
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Oxford keeps statue of colonialist Rhodes, angering some students
'Rhodes Must Fall in Oxford' campaign has sparked a heated debate about how Britain remembers its imperialist past
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Top 10 most visited cities in the world
Hong Kong leads at top position for fifth year in succession
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Japan turns on third nuclear reactor since post-Fukushima ban
Kansai Electric says company plans to restart its No 4 reactor in late February
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World's 20 most dangerous cities revealed
Research looks at cities which were not at war and were populated by more than 300,000 people
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Bal Thackeray: The Emperor of Hindu Hearts
Very rarely do the people of the Indus pay tribute to as divisive a figure as I on their birth anniversaries
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Indonesian city reprimands Muslim hardliners for harassing gays
The FPI is also known for harassing religious minorities like Christians and Ahmadis
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Forty percent of Germans say Merkel should resign over refugee policy: poll
Merkel, who enjoyed record high popularity ratings early last year, has grown increasingly isolated in recent months
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Republicans debate without Trump, who taunts from afar
We've gotten the Donald Trump portion out of the way, top adversary Ted Cruz said
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Australian schools evacuated, in lockdown after 'threats'
Victoria Police can confirm it is treating the threatening phone calls as a hoax
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Iran coerces Afghans to fight in Syria: HRW
Tehran says its Fatemiyoun Brigade, comprised of Afghan recruits, are volunteers to defend sacred Shia sites in Syria
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Sony swings to $1.95 bn net profit as PlayStation sales soar
Sony says its net profit came in at $1.95 billion for the April-December period
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Biden sees growing progress in battle against Islamic State
Iraqi forces, boosted by US training, have evicted insurgents from large parts of Ramadi
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Pilots blamed for 2014 TransAsia crash on Taiwan island
Pilots had been flying too low as they attempted to land on an island during a typhoon
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Massive whale washes ashore in India's Mumbai
The 40-foot-long whale was found on Juhu beach in the north of the teeming western Indian city
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FBI releases video of fatal shooting of Oregon protester
FBI says they released footage of fatal incident to clear up "inaccurate and inflammatory accounts of what unfolded"
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When ‘made in Israel’ is a human rights abuse
Many work in settlements only because Israel’s stifling of the Palestinian economy has deprived them of alternatives
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Facebook to roll out six ‘reactions’ instead of dislike button
Reactions will include 'love', 'haha', 'yay', 'wow', 'sad' and 'angry', each of which has a...
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Mexican cops again at centre of a mass disappearance
In Veracruz, seven state police officers have been charged with forced disappearances of five young people

















































