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Senior Obama figure cites intelligence sources that government soldiers used sarin nerve gas on rebels.

Reports that two garment factories had passed international labour and safety standards.

Medical examiner confirms identity of body found by coach of the Brown University rowing team.

Senior leader Murat Karayilan says troops will relocate in northern Iraq.

Rapes in Jharkhand and Delhi latest sex crimes to shock India.

Controversial bill forces NGOs to register as 'foreign agents' if they receive funds from abroad.

British expat Cath Everett has fallen in love with her adopted home - but it has a dark past as birthplace of apartheid.

Psychopaths do not have the neurophysiological hardwiring to be empathetic, say Chicago University scientists.

Doha authorities ordered cover-up of statues' male genitalia at Olympia exhibition sponsored by Greek government.

Hundreds of workers missing in Dhaka building collapse where garment factories made clothes for some of world's biggest retail chains.

Taiwanese man in serious condition from virus scientists describe as unusually dangerous.

Anxious Dhaka factory workers told by bosses not to worry about huge crack in building.

Feroz Khan arrested after arranging for hospital workers to kidnap child.

Putin opponent and anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny on trial over embezzlement charges

Suspect is in custody after killing five people in Manchester, Illinois.

DNA from skeletons found in Germany shows genetic history of modern Europe.

YouTube video of giant whirlpool in Latvian river has gone viral.

The nephew of Silvio Berlusconi's aide Gianni Letta, Enrico Letta is a skilled politician, a football fanatic and a humble man.

Rights group claim Kremlin's legislative changes are worst since days of USSR.

Rapporteur on torture Juan Mendez was due to visit Bahrain in May.

Italian president Giorgio Napolitano gives mandate to nephew of Silvio Belusconi's aide Gianni Letta.

Pradeep Ram, one of the accused in the Delhi minor rape case, has confessed to raping the five-year-old girl even after she lost consciousness.

But crucial detail of whether Pyongyang used plutonium or uranium in 12 February test still missing.

Italian centre-left politician Enrico Letta has received a mandate to form a new government from President Giorgio Napolitano.

WHO says new strain of avian influenza moves from birds to humans more easily than previous outbreak.

Qatif woman sentenced to 8 lashes by extremist judge for sending text promoting Shiite religious services.

Senators question information sharing procedures among intelligence officials during closed-door hearing.

France's parliament gave its final seal of approval to a historic law legalising same-sex marriage and adoption on Tuesday (April 23), a flagship reform pledge by President Francois Hollande.

Watertown resident Andrew Kitzenberg witnessed gun battle that left Tamerlan Tsarnaev dead.