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London: Iran warned of a crackdown on Sunday against demonstrators who pose one of the biggest challenges to both the government and clerical leadership in...

Sydney: A seaplane crashed into a Sydney river on Sunday, killing six people on a sightseeing flight ahead of the city's New Year's Eve celebrations...

Islamabad: A group of Polish mountaineers set off for northern Pakistan on Sunday to start an attempt to be the first to scale K2, the world's second...

Berlin: Conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel, under pressure after three months of failing to form a new ruling coalition, on Sunday vowed to address...

New Delhi: A big star of India's Tamil-language movies, Rajinikanth, said on Sunday he is launching a political party, adding drama to a heated...

Chennai: Superstar Rajnikanth, an Indian cinema icon, has announced his decision to enter politics in Chennai. Rajnikanth, who has kept his fans guessing...

New York: A 3-year-old boy playing with the burners on a kitchen stove started a fire in a New York City apartment building that killed 12 people, including...

Cairo: A Cairo criminal court sentenced former Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi and 19 others to three years in prison on Saturday, and fined him 2 million...

Moscow: Russia's FSB security service said on Saturday it had detained the individual suspected of organising and carrying out a bombing that injured 13...

Kiev: A man believed to be strapped with explosives has taken nine adults and two children hostage in a post office in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, police...