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An accidental explosion in an arms depot shook central Kabul on Thursday before Afghan officials moved quickly to allay fears…

The Russian Supreme Court has ordered a review of the guilty verdicts handed to two members of punk band Pussy…

Bangladesh's highest court upheld the death penalty for a top Islamist leader convicted of war crimes, just two days after…

Gulf Arab leaders meeting in Kuwait on Wednesday called for the withdrawal of all foreign troops from war-ravaged Syria and…

Time magazine on Wednesday named Pope Francis its person of the year, saying that in nine months in office the…

Ukrainian police and protesters clashed outside the city hall in Kiev on Wednesday after security forces attempted to retake the…

Kurdish rebels freed on Monday four Turkish soldiers abducted in the southeast of the country in the worst flareup of…

Thailand's premier called a snap election Monday to try to defuse the kingdom's political crisis but protesters kept up their…

A wave of bombings mostly targeting Shia neighbourhoods and districts in and around Baghdad killed at least 28 people Sunday,…

Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir on Sunday replaced his two vice-presidents and unveiled a new cabinet after urgent calls for reform…