Blast in the town of Darkush kills at least 27 people, including three children and a woman.

The blast near a Sunni mosque in the northern city of Kirkuk also wounded 22 people, sources said.

At least 18 other people have been wounded.

125-year-old newspaper starts a new journey.

England, Spain on the brink of qualifying for Brazil.

Serb focused on finishing this year on a high note.

Arafat's remains were exhumed in November 2012 and samples taken, partly to investigate whether he had been poisoned.

The Prize went to the global chemical weapons watchdog, working in Syria to destroy the regime's chemical arsenal.

Some 1.5 million Muslim pilgrims thronged Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia.

US and India agreed to step up cooperation to prevent the financing of extremist movements in Pakistan.