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In bid to hinder Iran's nuclear programme, Israeli military aided the US government in developing the highly complex Flame virus.

Main armed resistance force says join us and we will protect you in future democratic Syria.

Prince Salman is appointed Saudi Arabia's crown prince by King Abdullah after Nayef death

US government was the creator of one of the most complex computer viruses in history according to F-Secure's Mikko Hypponen.

Israeli president praised for building strong alliance between US and Israel as he receives US's highest civilian award.

MSCI Asia Pacific Index (MXAP), Nikkei 225 Stock Average (NKY), Australia's S&P/ASX 200 Index, Hong Kong's Hang Seng and China's Shanghai Composite Index decline after the Spain downgrade.

Research has revealed the creators of the highly complex Flame virus co-operated with the team behind the Stuxnet virus at some point.

One of the most complex pieces of malware ever discovered was controlled from servers located in the UK, between 2008 and 2012.

US president says his administration is more attentive to Israelis when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

Francois Hollande has made it clear that French troops would be out of Afghanistan by the end of this year.

Nigerian officials dismiss US plans to include Boko Haram on its watch list of foreign terrorist organisations.

Plane reportedly carried nuclear negotiator at the time of Bush administration Joseph Di Trani and current National Security Council advisor to President Barack Obama Sydney Seiler.

All major nations reaffirm commitment to withdraw their troops from Afghanistan by 2014 deadline. Despite reservations, exit strategy to proceed according to agreed timetable following landmark Nato summit in Chicago.

Image showed Pope Benedict kissing Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed El-Tayeb, imam of the renowned al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo.

Fear of Taliban militants filling the vacuum after foreign troops are pulled out will be one of the main items on the agenda.

Apart from eurozone crisis, the summit concentrated on a whole range of issues including Afghanistan and Iran.

His arrival is expected to ease the diplomatic tussle between the US and China.

Leaders stress importance of cohesive eurozone and the need for Greece's continuation in the bloc.

Chen had sparked a diplomatic tussle between the US and China after fleeing house arrest and taking shelter in the US embassy in Beijing.

From the eurozone crisis to Afghanistan, Syria and rising global oil rises are likely to figure at the summit.

Agriculture Minister Jim Paice announces pact with China, the world's biggest market for pig meat.

Facebook floatation will net artists David Choe $200m when shares in the site he called 'pointless' will start trading.

Donna Summer died after a battle with lung cancer, which the singer blamed on having been engulfed in a cloud of deadly asbestos dust when New York's Twin Towers collapsed

The Los Angeles Galaxy captain and team members felicitated at White House.

Mitt Romney is described as a "vampire" sucking the life out of a business in a new campaign ad for Barack Obama.

After recently coming out in support of same-sex couples, Obama campaigners release YouTube video challenging Mitt Romney over his opposition to gay marriage.

Obama is the first sitting US president to openly support legalisation of same-sex marriage in potentially explosive announcement.

Vidal Sassoon's signature hairstyles revolutionised fashion world in the 1960s.

Usernames and passwords of the hacked Twitter accounts have been posted online, though most appear to be duplicate and spam accounts.

Celebrated children’s author and illustrator Maurice Sendak dies aged 83