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Pakistani government negotiators say they are not planning to meet a Taliban team for preliminary peace talks in Islamabad as expected on Tuesday.

Thailand has announced that a contract to sell more than a million tonnes of rice to China has been cancelled.

Pakistan’s Taliban have named politician and ex-cricketer Imran Khan as a member of a five-man team to enter into peace talks with the government. Mr Khan’s party strongly favours negotiations, but a statement said that he would probably prefer to…

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are to make a three-day state visit to France this summer, Buckingham Palace has said.

The extent of corruption in Europe is “breathtaking” and it costs the EU economy at least 120bn euros (£99bn) annually, the European Commission says.

Protests have disrupted Thailand’s general election, halting voting in parts of Bangkok and the south, but officials say that 89% of pollingm stations operated normally.

A car bomb has exploded in a Hezbollah stronghold near Lebanon’s northern border with Syria, killing at least three people, officials say.

Prime Minister Hazem al-Beblawi has said a cabinet reshuffle will include the defense ministry, an Egyptian newspaper said on Saturday, in the clearest sign yet that Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi plans to stand for president. Deposed President Mohammed Mursi,…

At least six people have reportedly suffered gunshot wounds in the Thai capital, Bangkok, amid anti-government clashes ahead of Sunday’s election.

Areas of Italy and France are on flood alert as heavy rain brings chaos to parts of Europe.

New Delhi – Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday named over 20 top politicians including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as “corrupt”, and attacked him and BJP’s Narendra Modi for spending crores on creating a “brand”. Addressing the Aam Aadmi…

A Pakistani court has issued an arrest warrant for ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf, rejecting his plea to go abroad for medical treatment.

Five of India’s most popular small cars have failed crash tests conducted by a UK-based car safety watchdog.

Protesters in Ukraine have rejected the terms of a new amnesty law aimed at ending the country’s recent unrest.

Tensions between Japan and its neighbours over historical issues haven flared at the UN Security Council, with strong words from top envoys.

Ukraine’s first post-independence president has warned the country is on the “brink of civil war”.

Stem cell researchers are heralding a “major scientific discovery”, with the potential to start a new age of personalised medicine.

Ex-Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic has refused to testify after former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic called him as a defence witness at his war crimes trial at The Hague.

Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych has accepted the resignation of the prime minister and his cabinet amid continuing anti-government protests.

Archaeologist Jesse Casana couldn’t have foreseen the violence that would break out in Syria less than a year after he left his dig site in summer 2010. “No one knew whether it was going to blow over quickly,” Casana said.…

Japan has reported a record annual trade deficit after the weak yen pushed up the cost of energy imports.

Scientists have shed light on what ancient Europeans looked like.

Protesters in Thailand have surrounded polling stations, blocking early voting ahead of next week’s general election, officials say.

Ukrainian opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk says protests will continue after he rejected President Viktor Yanukovych’s offer to appoint him as prime minister of the country.

Berlin — One black-and white photo shows Heinrich Himmler on an idyllic family outing, holding his wife’s hand while his blond, pigtailed daughter is picking flowers. Others show the SS Nazi leader feeding a little fawn or taking a bath…

The French presidency has contradicted media reports that President Francois Hollande would officially announce his separation from his partner, Valerie Trierweiler, on Saturday.

Four people have been killed in clashes in Egypt as the country marks the anniversary of the 2011 uprising which ended with the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak.

The Syrian government delegation has threatened to quit peace talks in Geneva if “serious” discussions do not begin by Saturday.

Five people have been killed and about 90 wounded after three blasts in the Egyptian capital that appeared to target the police force.

Ukrainian opposition leaders are due to meet President Viktor Yanukovych, a day after the first deaths in protests that have gripped Kiev for two months.