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Iranian and EU foreign policy heads ended their two-day round of nuclear talks in Vienna on Wednesday March 19 with a press conference.

President Abdullah Gul has dismissed suggestions that outside forces are conspiring against Turkey, openly contradicting Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s assertions that a corruption scandal shaking the country is part of a foreign-backed plot, Reuters reported.

The Dubai metro system is going to turn into an art gallery on the orders of the emirate’s ruler, it’s been reported.

Do you get the feeling that Flight 370 has literally fallen off the radar? Five days later except for the anguish and agony of the next of kin of the 239 on board and the ripple effect of that loss,…

Alternative driving days are being introduced in the French capital, Paris, in an attempt to tackle dangerous levels of air pollution.

A US grand jury has re-indicted an Indian diplomat whose arrest strained US-India relations.

Berlin is about to become the first city in the world with its own internet domain name, it appears.

An app developed at Sweden’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology makes it possible for skiers with smartphones to find people buried in the snow after an avalanche.

The speed at which events in Ukraine are unfolding is astounding.

Iraq’s Council of Ministers should withdraw a new draft Personal Status Law and ensure that Iraq’s legal framework protects women and girls in line with its international obligations. The pending legislation would restrict women’s rights in matters of inheritance and…

Shahneawz Khan Sumon Jhenaidah: Father get 15 days jailed and mother one thousand taka penalty for arranging their minor girl’s marriage, by mobile court led by upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) at Sundorpur village under Kaliganj upazila in Jhenaidah Thursday morning.

A gel that can be used by women after sex to protect against HIV is a step closer, according to researchers.

A newly recruited hangman in Sri Lanka has resigned in shock after being shown the gallows for the first time.

Search teams are scouring waters off both sides of the Malaysian peninsula, amid confusion over a missing Malaysia Airlines plane’s last known location.

A VIP mobile number has sold for more than two million dollars at a charity auction in Abu Dhabi, it appears.

Global mass surveillance conducted by the US and other governments is “setting fire to the future of the internet”, Edward Snowden told a packed auditorium of technology innovators via video link in Austin at the South by Southwest Interactive conference…

Rio de Janeiro authorities and street cleaners say they have reached a new agreement to end an eight-day strike which has left tonnes of rubbish on the streets of the Brazilian city.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been elected to the country’s rubber-stamp parliament with a unanimous vote from his district, state media say.

“United States now borrows about $4 billion per day, nearly half of that from China”,  — Ian Bremmer has stated in one of his book in 2012.

The strategic location of Bangladesh which connects the nations of South and Southeast Asia helps Dhaka to play a pivotal role in regional forums like Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), ASEAN and the Forum for…

State media in North Korea is using poetry to encourage people to vote in forthcoming elections, it appears.

A German tourist who went missing for almost three weeks while walking in Australia’s outback survived by eating flies, police say.

Are the changes underway in Myanmar revolutionary or evolutionary?

At the beginning of the twentieth century, President Teddy Roosevelt’s foreign policy was, “Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Events in Ukraine are moving fast.

In an emotional interview the departing Afghan president tried to explain why he has been such a harsh critic of the 12-year-old US war effort in his country.

The food you choose to eat has drastic effects on your body, and we don’t just mean your waistline.

St. Helena, Calif. — With California in the grips of drought, farmers throughout the state are using a mysterious and some say foolhardy tool for locating underground water: dowsers, or water witches.

The investment firm run by the US billionaire Warren Buffett has reported a record profit for 2013.

A video decoding Indian headshakes has gone viral, attracting over a million hits in a week.