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Border police prevent Palestinian man wearing explosive vest at junction in northern West Bank.

Prominent Saudi cleric says 'devil would be present when women talk to men' and urges females to avoid it.

Separatist leaders admit their ragtag army has many foreigners, including some from Chechnya.

FTSE 250-listed Vedanta chairman caught in video boasting of higher-than-reported profits at Zambian subsidiary

General Prayuth Chan-ocha, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Army, dissolved Thailand's last functioning democratically elected body,

Experts split on whether US trade mission to Cuba signals end of 54-year embargo

Number of people making the brave crossing from North Africa to Italy has increased sharply.

Australia still confident plane wreckage could be lying in Indian Ocean.

Gazprom threatens to stop gas supplies to Ukraine if Kiev does not pay for June deliveries

Mykhailo Koval says Ukrainian forces will continue offensive against rebels in country's east.

Sisi is under pressure to push through austerity reforms in order to attract foreign investment

Diplomatic efforts and change in militant tactics force CIA to halt drone strikes.

Ukraine's president-elect vows to punish rebels who shot down helicopter in Slovyansk killing at least 14 people including army general.

Diversity group British Future send funeral cortege along Cable Street after Nick Griffin sees BNP crash at elections

Nikki Benz tells voters to "trade in your Ford for a Benz" as she launches mayoral campaign.

Insecurity has plagued Libya since the 2011 revolution and put off foreign firms from investing.

Russia threatened to cut off gas supplies to Ukraine if it does not make a pre-payment for June gas deliveries

Exploration likely to suffer as government accuses former general of launching a coup

China tightens security measures over Tiananmen Square anniversary and Xinjiang attack.

Constitutional Court in Ankara says access should be restored as ban violates freedom of expression.

Farzana Parveen killed in front of court house while police did nothing, claims husband.

Comparisons to EU wide of the mark, as Russia increases political control over neighbours

Islamist rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra said a US citizen carried out a suicide attack in Syria's Idlib province

National Oil Corporation say security is number one priority for Libya.

The inmates were raped and ordered to perform sexual acts on each other.

Jonathan authorises forces to use any means necessary to defeat Islamist insurgency.

Incident in northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh sparks outrage.

Pro-Russian separatists shoot down military helicopter after offloading soldiers at military base.

Police and youth clash as squatters are evicted from the Can Vies building in the Sants area of Barcelona.