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Tributes paid to Pakistani teenage hero who prevented a suicide attack in Hangu.

Three dozen Israeli activists rushed out after siege in Ramallah hotel

Volunteers queueing to sign up for military service in fight against al-Qaida killed and injured.

Former Cuban president Fidel Castro appears at Havana art studio opening on Wednesday night.

Human rights activists criticise US giants after police opened fire on striking workers.

Pastor Lesego Daniel reportedly told members of the Rabboni Centre Ministries their souls were controlled by the spirit of God.

IBTimes UK's take on right-wing extremism - from Slovakia's new neo-Nazi regional governor to the 'aryans' only party in Sweden

Changqiao Water Plant in Xuhui district releases coloured waste water into Chunshen harbour.

London thinktank Henry Jackson Society experts provide a global round-up security dangers in the years ahead.

Reports suggest Kim Kyong-hui is in vegetative state or critically ill following speculation she died

Thousands swarm for glimpse of 17th-century life-size wooden statue of Jesus believed to have healing powers.

House of Flying Daggers director breached China's one-child policy.

Rap duo says government agents falsely labelled fans as criminals and face police harassment.

Russia has vetoed for the second time a statement from UN condemning Syrian government attacks on Aleppo civilians.

The Niagara Falls in Canada and the United States has turned into an icy mass due to Polar Vortex.

The Overseas Development Institute data shows one in three people worldwide was now overweight

Interim President Michel Djotodia is expected to step down after he was unable to halt the bloodshed in CAR

Violence in Anbar province has caused long term pipeline security worries

Dennis Rodman offers apologies for appearing to suggest that Bae was in the wrong.

The diplomat's defence says the issuance of indictment would be a "polarising event".

Vast areas of Canada and the US have been subjected sub-zero conditions

Western diplomats say centrifuges are a sticking point in the talks with Tehran.

Bulgaria's inability to cope with wave of Syrian refugees has fuelled xenophobia.

Birthday basketball game for the dictator of Hermit Kingdom

Record freeze eases and temperatures rise as icy weather moves across the Atlantic.

Nouri al-Maliki urges militants with al-Qaida-linked Islamic State of Iraq and Levante to give up.

Ex-president fails to turn up at Cairo courthouse because of flight disruption.