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Scores of foreign firms flock to India to tap lucrative defence market as Modi calls for 'Make in India' pledge.

Recall follows rift at Arab League meeting over Cairo's air strikes, while Egypt and Libya seek end to UN arms embargo.

The US president called upon American Muslims to help counter the threat from militants.

How could these morons dare to spout their bile in Paris so soon after the city was torn apart by terrorists?

Russian state television showed on 17 February a video claiming to be dozens of Ukrainian soldiers who surrendered to rebel forces in the besieged town of Debaltseve in Ukraine's east

Year of the Goat starts on Thursday and there are some things you can do to ensure your luck stands

National Sleep foundation recommends seven to nine hours of sleep for 18 to 64-year-olds

I remain committed to stopping Lithuania's Neo-Nazis from rewriting history and warping truth of the Holocaust.

Charlie Hebdo's lawyer blasts Sonora Media for plans to publish satirical spoof of tragic magazine

US state department announces new policy after two-year review

Ukrainian troops, covered in dirt and looking exhausted, retreat from Debaltseve

The internet has become the counter-terrorism frontline - and private firms must dig in to stop Brand Caliphate.

Iran, which is said to have backed the Houthi takeover, says it now wants to help resolve Yemeni crisis

Soldiers will guard sensitive sites and potential targets until at least June.

Chinese New Year, otherwise known as the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, is on 19 February 2015

Bosnian authorities stopped two men at Sarajevo airport who were ready to join Isis in Syria

With the UN having run out of Gaza reconstruction funds, only a tiny fraction of pledged money is received

Israeli PM accused of illegally using hip-hop song for anti-left propaganda clip.

Left-wing MPs propose motion urging Rome to recognise a Palestinian state.

A Durex poll found married Thai men and women are the most promiscuous in the world.

France struggling with "loss of tolerance" says Council of Europe human rights commissioner.

A doctor and a former Royal Marine have run more than 500km across the Namib Desert and claimed it as a world first.

Father Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli says he is not abandoning the remaining Christian community.

Egyptian and Libyan sources report ground raid by Egypt's special forces that captured dozens of IS militants.

Edward Sheriff Curtis dedicated his life to photographing the lives of Native American people.

It is a massive increase on the 1 foot that it rose in the previous century

Human rights barrister Geoffrey Robertson warns Bangladesh's ICT ignores international standards.

The mass migration across China and Asia for the Lunar New Year, on 19 February, is called chunyun.

Tsipras says sanctions are 'hypocritical' because they don't target Russian super rich with foreign assets.