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Kremlin chief of staff sharpens rhetoric with no end in sight to long-running gas dispute.

Contrary to recent reports the Catalans expect to pay less than buy-out clause.

Photos of the girls hanging from a tree in Uttar Pradesh caused global outrage.

Benoit Coeure, who sits on ECB executive board, says UK quitting EU would be 'enormous shock.'

Apple loses a patent lawsuit against Shanghai Zhizhen Network Technology.

Ex-accountant Paul Konigsberg's plea deal identifies Madoff's only surviving son Andrew as 'co-conspirator'.

A missing US 17-year-old from Camas in Washington is feared to have been victim of sex trafficking.

The match also set a new record for Tweets Per Minute, with a peak of 580,166 TPM.

Russian minister says bank's HQ to be decided at Fortaleza summit on July 15-16.

Scientists reveal how the early relative of the spider crawled across land 410 million years ago.

Nike will end a 13-year affiliation with Manchester United next season.

China's June CPI came in at 2.3% year-on-year from 2.5% in May and compared with the consensus of 2.4%. The PPI declined 1.1% while analysts had been expecting a 1% drop.

Rengan may still face a US SEC civil lawsuit put on hold during the criminal case.

Brazil's devastating defeat on home turf is set to haunt its football fans for years to come.

Pirated movie streaming service Popcorn Time allows users stream films directly to their TV using Chromecast

Actor George Clooney has responded robustly to claims that his future mother-in-law disapproved of his planned marriage.

Germany's 7-1 annihilation of Brazil becomes most discussed sports game on Twitter ever

Paul Scholes feels Van Gaal can transform United and get them back to being championship contenders.

FT reported that SFO questioned four former and current employees at Airbus's Saudi Arabian unit.

The Treasury Select Committee said new proposals break the protection of the 800-year-old Magna Carta.

Stage five of Tour de France 2014 begins at Ypres and ends at Arenberg Porte du Hainaut. Find out how to follow the run live in the UK.

Grout is accused of helping Bruno Iksil hide billions of dollars in legal losses

Shenzhen Overseas Chinese Town was allowed to sell houses in central Shanghai at record prices.

Microsoft's July firmware upgrades promise fixes for battery life issues along with bringing other enhancements.

Arsene Wenger has confirmed that a deal for Alexis Sanchez is almost done.

Israeli Defence Forces step up attack on Gaza targets as barrage of Hamas rockets land in Israel.

US Justice Department had demanded $10bn from Citigroup.

United Nations' 2014 World Drug Report finds Australia world's druggiest nation

Twitter reacts to Germany's demolition of Brazil in the 2014 World Cup semi final