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Iran already has warm ties with Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

Indian maritime officials detain ship without valid arms documents.

Gunmen have kidnapped six Red Cross workers and a local volunteer of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent in northwest Syria.

Retired army officer James Henry committed suicide after being held for six weeks, say local police.

Pop star Lady Gaga is waging a fierce battle with Michael Jackson's estate to purchase the medical records of his horrific scalp injuries.

Israeli fighter planes undergo extensive trial runs in Greek airspace ahead of Geneva talks.

Israeli Defence Forces unearth two-and-a-half kilometre long tunnel.

Woman, 55, clung on on to rail tracks as she was raised 24 feet into the air.

Scores dead after crush on bridge during festival leads to mass panic.

Insurgent said to be close aide of Hakimullah Mehsud, chief of Tehreek-e-Taliban.

Cyclonic conditions and heavy rains to continue in eastern coastal regions of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh as officials assessing extent of damage.

Neglected toddler admitted to hospital weighing only 13 pounds while parents obsessed by fantasy life online.

Police say 'Christians' behind attack on gay rights march in St Petersburg - arrests on both sides

A 74-year-old local man, Burgert van der Westhuizen, is named as the swimmer who was bitten in half by a shark, believed to be a Great White, in Jeffreys Bay, South Africa.

Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca goes ahead amid heightened security and fears over deadly virus.

EXCLUSIVE: IBTimes UK has obtained the unrepentant final testimony of one of the Second World War's last surviving war criminals, SS Captain Erich Priebke, who has died aged 100.

Fears over deadly virus and fake travel documents mar start of world's biggest gathering in Saudi Arabia

Schutzstaffel captain was serving life sentence in Rome for 1944 Ardeatine Caves massacre

Madrid's National Court to hear case against former Communist Party chief brought by exiled Tibetan activists.

G24 wants IMF to assess the impact of potential US stimulus cuts on their economies.

Darmon Richter said he bought a grocery bag full of cannabis in a market in North Korea.

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says anti-Assad groups being trained by foreigners.

PNG man arrested near Lae for slaying his toddler daughter and eating her flesh.

Fears are mounting that the flesh eating drug krokodil is spreading across the US as five cases have been reported in Chicago.

Helped by his dog Laika a 55-year-old man managed to survive a bear attack in Sakha Republic.

Anas will talk - and the list of mysteries he could solve is endless, says Bob McFadden

Mokhtar Gomaa says Saudi Arabia should deport Muslim Brotherhood to deter protests during Hajj.

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons receives Nobel Peace Prize for long-standing work.

Snowden's CIA boss removed him from Geneva station after suspicion.