Afghanistan

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Girls aged between nine and 13 killed while collecting firewood.

David Cameron, Ed Miliband, BBC and Taliban all make women's group's final list.

Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index places Greece 94th, below Bulgaria and Romania and the bottom spot in EU.

Afghani engineers have developed a light-weight mine detector that is powered by wind.

Taliban militants claim responsibility for the attack on the joint US-Afghan air base in Jalalabad.

WikiLeaks founder's health could deteriorate and he may have to leave embassy asylum for treatment, says ambassador.

Two men have been arrested in Kunduz for beheading teenager known as Gisa with a knife.

Shi'a Muslims gather at the Imam Abbas shrine in Karbala, Iraq, to mark Ashura.

Suspected Illegal Immigrants detained in Komotini stage revolt in which 16 people wounded.

Smartphone apps are now being developed and deployed for use in the field by front-line US and UK defence forces.

Government claims to have 'secret information' on ban, imposed following torture of Serdar Mohammed at Afghan hands.

Human Rights Watch report Losing Humanity calls for ban of autonomous military weapons systems.

Defense Department investigating whether 'inappropriate communications' took place between Florida socialite and US general.

Call of Duty: Black Ops II, from Treyarch, is an incredible reinvention of the world's most popular game franchise that you absolutely have to play

Paula Broadwell's revelations about Benghazi fuel suspicions of breach of secrecy, while Jill Kelley denies being part of love triangle.

Pentagon probing John Allen's emails to Jill Kelley, a friend of ex-CIA director David Petraeus.

Queen Elizabeth and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, among dignitaries at London's annual service of remembrance.

FBI started probe on David Petraeus after agency tracked cyber complaint of threatening emails to Paula Broadwell, his biographer.

Affair, brought to light by FBI, 'unacceptable' for a husband of 37 years and leader of the CIA.

Retailer Marks & Spencer is selling an enamel poppy broach - M&S's fastest-selling jewellery item of all time - for £15 but only £4.50 goes to charity.

Young royal given the moniker by US Marines in Afghanistan in the wake of his Sin City naked picture scandal.

John Boehner says Republican-controlled House will work with Obama to rebuild US economy - but wants President to adopt 'balanced approach'.

Police arrest Mohamed Abdulkadir Osman, Tukki Abbas Shah and Umar Anwar and claim their actions were 'suspicious' - but no-one has yet been charged.

Studies shows part of brain that regulates fear and anxiety could play a key role in understand why some troops develop PTSD.

Decorated veteran could face death sentence over massacre which left 16 dead including nine children

In a country that has been savaged by war for more than a decade, thousands of Afghans that descended upon the capital of Kabul were finally handed a reason to celebrate as Hamid Rahimi won the first ever professional boxing bout in Afghanistan.

Latest British army deaths by 'friendly forces' in same area where David Connor and army Channing Day were killed, last week.

President Karzai urges Taliban to 'stop killing other Afghans' as dozens die in suicide attack on mosque.