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FC Muri stopper gulped down urine by mistake during match at Baden in Swiss first division.

AQAP and AQIM call for 'brothers' to 'unite' against US-led coalition in Iraq and Syria

Activists say at least nine dolphins were slaughtered in Taiji on Tuesday.

Teenage girls had left Vienna to join Islamist militants in Syria.

Ancient Mexican civilisation made a boozy drink from milk for essential nutrients.

Karan Singh's father claims that his five-year-old son is also gifted with a heightened sense of hearing.

Israeli National Security Council issues warning for Jews in Western Europe and Israel ahead of holy festivities.

Russia's currency has faced downward pressure from falling oil prices in recent months.

EU Parliament President Martin Schulz hails historic vote in Kiev.

Bibi's life is at risk as ex-husband's family vowed to kill her because of adultery allegations.

Thai pensioner Wanpen Inyai killed by swarming crocodiles in apparent suicide.

Turkey's PM Erdogan opens way for possible asylum of Islamists from Gulf nation.

A wildlife conservation study finds that the leopard in India is developing a taste for man's best friend.

Report shows distortions and bias in proposed textbooks to be approved in Texas in November

Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkish military working on new plans to reduce threat to national security.

Israel's tourism industry slumped during Gaza war as visitor arrivals dropped by a third in August.

UN reveals 805 million people worldwide still go hungry despite overall number falling by 100 million.

Spanish animal rights group FAADA condemn bear trainer in Càrcer, Valencia, for cruelty.

Brussels court agrees to a request made in 2011 for euthanasia for jailed rapist.

Parliamentary Speaker Sergei Naryshkin labels US policy in eastern Europe as cynical and irresponsible

Archaeologists have identified a five-thousand-year-old monument at an early Bronze-Age site in Israel

Muslim academic Taj Hargey vows to overcome hate campaign against progressive Open Mosque

Goldfish George will now be able to live for 20 more years.

Alexei Kudrin has criticised the Russian government's response to the sanctions imposed by US and EU.

Soldiers handed death sentence for firing at commanding officer earlier this year.

American warplanes target key Isis positions south of capital Baghdad to help Iraqi ground forces.

Afghan capital rocked by suicide bombing with at least two foreign soldiers and many civilians are feared dead.

Not inviting one of Middle East's major players to summit 'regrettable' says Irqi foreign minister

El Grito commemorates the start of a revolution which led to independence from Spanish domination.