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The go-to tool for international diplomacy is being used more and more frivolously.

Knesset elects former parliament speaker Reuven Rivlin in runoff vote against Meir Sheetrit.

NGO discusses effective approaches to combat rape and build equality.

Speleologist Johann Westhauser was hit by falling rocks in the Riesending cave system near Bavarian Alps.

ISIS take control of Iraq's second largest city after overnight assault on key buildings.

Former US Secretary of State says Monica Lewinski's legal bills and daughter Chelsea's education made them broke.

Chinese environment group launches smartphone app for public to monitor polluting factories across mainland in real time.

2 million barrels of Kurdish crude oil are at sea with no buyer in place.

Documentary highlighting plague of rape as weapon of war in eastern Congo to premiere at End Sexual Violence in Conflict global summit.

Spanish scientists say alpha male Pyros is threatening survival of species in Pyrenees.

Best photos of the day: 10 June 2014

Five foreign servicemen killed by own allied helicopters according to Taliban and police reports.

Police apprehend men who assaulted 19-year-old at event celebrating newly-elected president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

Militants have attacked a security training facility at the Karachi airport and that a firefight is underway with the attackers.

Chinese gas demand is set to double until 2019.

The camel from Dubai faces stiff competition from a German elephant and some Chinese pandas.

Bulgaria's decision to halt work on the South Stream project has been met with anger in Russia.

Every thought-provoking image has a hidden message

Aerial bombing by Pakistan's F-16 fighter jets kills at least 15 suspected militants in Tirah valley bordering Afghanistan.

Residents of city where 2 million died in WWII divided over proposal

Complicated rescue effort underway to save cave expert Johann W. hit by falling rocks exploring an Alpine cave in Bavaria.

Lancashire posties have said they will walk out if forced to deliver newspaper

Beijing reportedly planning to build large military base in disputed waters in South China Sea.

A hacker called Guccifer who leaked naked self-portraits of former US president George W Bush is jailed for four years

BREAKING NEWS: Pilot dies after Spanish air force jet crashes in Seville during routine exercise.

Shooting of two teenagers on Nakba Day condemned by human rights NGO as apparent 'war crime'.

Amount foreign investors are allowed to buy capped at $16.85bn for now.

Tenby Harbour Beach in Wales has been named the best beach in Europe.

US Secretary of State says released terrorists will remain in US cross-hairs