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Brussels/Moscow: The European Union called on Friday for more countries to impose sanctions on Russia over its annexation of Ukraine's Crimean peninsula...

Sao Paulo/Brasilia: Brazilian riot police fired water cannon and tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters in central Sao Paulo on Friday, while in...

Diyarbakir (Turkey): A bomb attack by Kurdish militants killed a police officer in southeast Turkey on Friday and another device was defused outside a local...

Islamabad: Wheat farmer Nasir Tauqeer Khan would rather be home working in his fields. But since January, with Pakistan's rains failing, he has laboured...

San Clemente Island: A dog believed to have drowned after disappearing from a fishing boat off the California coast five weeks ago was found on an island...

Islamabad: Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf left Pakistan on Friday for medical treatment in Dubai after the government lifted a travel ban imposed on...

Nairobi: A male lion that strayed into rush hour traffic in the Kenyan capital on Friday injured one man before being captured and taken back to a reserve...

Manila: Philippine security forces wounded a leader of an Al Qaeda-linked militant group wanted by the United States in a clash on Friday but he escaped, an...

Seoul: North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile which flew about 800km (500 miles) before hitting the sea off its east coast, South Korea's...

Sydney: Australia's Senate on Friday passed voting reforms after a marathon session lasting over 28 hours, clearing the way for Prime Minister Malcolm...