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Dozens of people wounded after grenade hurled at anti-government demonstrators.

Two countries to share intelligence on nuclear activities of North Korea and Pakistan.

BBC Future creates timeline showing how all life will end.

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni refuses to sign homophobic bill which proposed life imprisonment for gays.

Best photos of the day: 17 January 2014.

French president avoided holidays with Trierweiler to spend time with secret love.

Intelligence officials blow lid off deadly Islamist terror plot in India.

GCHQ also found to have used Dishfire program to tap Britons' communications.

US Senate Approves $1.1tn Spending Bill to Avert Shutdown

US Secretary of State John Kerry exhorts Syrian opposition to attend upcoming peace negotiations, dubbed as 'Geneva II' in Switzerland.

Despite deadly clashes at University of Cairo, referendum wins overwhelming majority in favour.

France's first lady remains in hospital as actress linked to president sues Closer magazine

Homophobic crackdown on gays spreads through Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya and others.

Jallikattu, the traditional sport of bull taming, played during the Pongal harvest festival.

Tonnes of manure dumped outside parliament as president faces down Julie Gayet scandal.

EXCLUSIVE: Rights group claim security forces raided village to hide previous killing.

Following the anti-gay bill approval, gay Nigerians are persecuted, imprisoned and could be denied HIV medical treatments.

Budget airline company Ryanair launches latest publicity stunt.

Blast in Hermel kills five as UN-backed court hears case against Hezbollah members

UN warns of risk of genocide as the conflict between Muslim Séléka and Christian Anti-Bakala continues.

Despite national murder rate four and a half times higher than global average, murders in South Africa are localised, argues Cath Everett

A budget debate in the Ukrainian Parliament became heated as MPs traded punches.

Pontiff receives Oscar Doria Fernandez and blesses crucifixes for fallen soldiers' cemeteries

There was optimism for Egypt's future on the streets of the capital Cairo on Thursday (January 16) after the initial results of a referendum showed an overwhelming approval for a new constitution.

Nearly half a million South Sudanese flee conflict in world's newest state.

State Department blamed for 2012 attack that killed ambassador Chris Stevens in Libya.

Lech Poznan fans declared innocent after singing anti-Semitic chants against Widzew Lodz team.

Best pictures on 15 January, 2014.

Israeli PM to discuss peace process with Palestinians in closed doors meeting with King Abdullah II.