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Australian Navy's Islamic Twitter account shut down after complains from anti-Islam group
Move comes after navy adviser on Muslim affairs criticised a political party
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Japan planes deployed to collect radioactive material
The results collected by the planes are expected to be released on Thursday
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Huawei wants to be world leader in smartphones in 'three or four years'
'We'll move up to number two and then number one very quickly' Huawei's consumer devices chief
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Iraq FM in Iran for talks on Saudi crisis
Jaafari was making efforts to "advance dialogue and have a diplomatic role in preventing efforts to create discord"
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UN Security Council to hold emergency talks on N Korea
The closed-door morning talks between the 15 member nations were called by the United Nations and Japan
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Islamic State vows to destroy Saudi prisons after executions
Many Islamic State militants have been detained at al-Ha'ir and Tarfiya prisons
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Gambia orders female civil servants to cover their hair at work
The new rule comes hot on the heels of president's categorisation of the country in mid-December as "an Islamic state"
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Cameron delays trip to Saudi Arabia: report
Saudi Arabia's execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr has angered Shias across the Middle East
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Iran-Saudi crisis punches another hole in OPEC unity
The group has struggled with crude values that have tumbled some 60 percent since mid-2014
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Florida man jailed over desecrating mosque with bacon
Surveillance video shows a man using a machete to break windows, lights and cameras at the Masjid Al-Munin
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A year after 'Je suis Charlie', a divided France struggles
The most divisive issue is the government's plan to strip dual citizens of their French nationality in terrorism cases
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US college moves to fire professor who said Muslims, Christians worship same God
Hawkins was placed on administrative leave after her Facebook comments drew criticism
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North Korea says conducted 'successful' H-bomb test
North Korean state TV says, "With perfect success of historic H-bomb, we have joined rank of advanced nuclear...
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These are the world's safest airlines
Australian airline Qantas has been ranked as the world’s safest airline
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First major El Nino storm hits California
Although the rain eased by late afternoon, forecasters said more thunderstorms were expected on Wednesday and Thursday
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Kia sees autonomous cars by 2030
Kia is the latest of several automakers to invest in self-driving cars along with Google
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Indonesian passengers stung by delay due to bee on plane
Pilot decided not to take off after noticing a problem with the controls, according to Garuda
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Bangladesh upholds death sentence for top JI leader
Bangladeshi Supreme Court has dismissed appeal by head of Jamaat-e-Islami party, Motiur Rahman Nizami
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Twitter considering 10,000-character limit for tweets: report
Twitter has come under increasing pressure to boost user growth and ad revenue
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Ford will expand self-driving test car fleet to 30
Ford said it will be the first automaker to use Velodyne’s new solid state "hybrid Ultra PUCK Auto" sensor
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Sanjay Dutt to be released from jail on February 27
Reports say Bollywood actor has been provided reprieve in the duration of his punishment
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MPs to debate petition seeking ban on Trump, no vote planned
The British government responds to all petitions that gain more than 10,000 signatures
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Four armed men set Saudi Aramco bus on fire in oil province
State oil company says none of its employees were injured but gave no further details
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Mounting pressure: US ‘expects’ Pakistan to act against attackers
John Kirby urges Pakistan to target militant groups
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Pathankot attack: India to interrogate abducted SP
Punjab Police SP Salwinder Singh was kidnapped along with his cook and a jeweller friend by armed gunmen
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Obama, wiping tears, makes new push to tighten gun rules
Every time I think about those kids, it gets me mad, says US president
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Bomb blast hits Afghan capital Kabul
A group of unidentified insurgents also targeted the Indian consulate in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Sunday
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US special operations forces killed or wounded in Afghanistan - NBC
Special operations troops came under heavy mortar and small-arms fire
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Iran unveils second underground missile, likely to irk US
US officials say Washington will respond to the Emad tests with fresh sanctions
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German police investigating mass sexual assaults during New Year's Eve
Police quoted witnesses as saying that the attackers "appeared to be of Arab origin"
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Al Qaeda militant arrested in Yemen raids: officials
'Homes in Tawahi and Mualla districts are being searched one by one to hunt down terrorists' Official
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Despite ceasefire, Syrians starve in besieged town
'We've forgotten what bread tastes like' 27-year-old Mohamed
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Militant in Islamic State video believed to be British 'bouncy castle' salesman
The video also features a young boy identified as London-born four-year-old Isa
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Turkey's Pegasus Airlines cancels Russian flights after failing to obtain visas
A spokesperson for state-run carrier Turkish Airlines told Reuters it has obtained visas for crew
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Giant statue for China's Chairman Mao
The statue towers some 37 metres (121 feet) over empty fields in the central province of Henan
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'Cutting off heads' no response to criticism: Iran's Rouhani
Rouhani expresses "hope that European countries who always react on human rights matters will meet their duties"
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Co-pilot wounded by passenger on KLM flight to China
The attacker was taken off the flight by about 15 policemen who were waiting for the plane to land in Beijing
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Palestinian Authority adrift after three months of unrest
There is even speculation of an eventual collapse of the PA, the governing authority set up under the 1990s
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What if the Oregon protesters were black or Muslim? Debate ensues
Social media predicted the authorities would have been more forceful, if they were Muslim or black
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Turkey finds bodies of 36 drowned migrants
Tragedies come as EU seeks to push Turkey to halt flow of migrants across its borders in exchange for financial help
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Kuwait recalls envoy to Iran after attacks on Saudi missions
The action comes after Gulf Arab allies Saudi Arabia and Bahrain severed relations with Tehran
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What to expect from the Saudi-Iran standoff?
Severing of ties with Iran puts the Kingdom’s gulf neighbours in a quagmire
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India's Mumbai to get 'world's first slum museum'
Museum to open in February for two months and display everything from pottery and textiles to recycled items
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Why the real King Kong became extinct
Study shows King Kong lived only in the forest, was a strict vegetarian, and probably wasn't crazy about bamboo
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Blast near Pakistan consulate building in eastern Afghan city: official
There have been been no reports of casualties thus far
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Indian policeman: Militants abducted me before base attack
A police officer says he was abducted by a group of heavily armed men speaking Urdu on his reutrn from a temple
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Japan sushi boss pays $117,000 for endangered tuna
The price was three times higher than last year but still far below a record 155.4 million yen paid in 2013
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Gayle fined $7,000 for 'out of line' TV chat-up
Ten Network reporter found herself being asked out for a drink during an interview with the burly West Indian
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Iran-Saudi crisis deepens as diplomatic ties cut
Saudi Arabia cut ties with Iran after protesters set fire to its embassy in Tehran
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'We are not natural-born enemies of Iran,' Saudi UN envoy says
Saudi Arabia cut all ties with Iran on Sunday following the kingdom's execution of prominent Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr

















































