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The US has shut down 19 diplomatic posts across the Middle East and Africa over an unspecified terrorist threat from al-Qaida.

Former Republican president has artery blockage removed at Dallas hospital, Texas.

Newly-elected president defends nuclear programme in first news conference.

US security officials claim Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) bombmaker Ibrahim al-Asiri is behind new threat.

Curiosity rover has been on the red planet for a year.

Key Mannagh military airport falls into rebels' hands after 24 hours of fighting.

Another legal case has been bought against Bikram Choudhury, the founder of Bikram Yoga.

Clergyman kidnapped in ar-Raqqah believed to be hostage of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Islamist group.

Outspoken clergyman killed at his home in northwestern city of Pskov.

Vladimir Putin critic is to walk free in August 2014, the Supreme Court in Moscow has ruled.

Woman, 29, offers to breast-feed babies for €100 (£86) a day.

US Department tells its citizens to leave Yemen immediately due to security concerns

TV channel goes live to show how vulnerable pandas live.

Marquez blamed baby's asthma in $100 ad after becoming jealous of child.

The 16-foot African Rock Python, which lived in a pet store below their New Brunswick apartment, escaped from its cage and slid into the children's room.

Incident takes place in sensitive Poonch area of India-Pakistan border.

An eleven-century hospital structure dating to the Crusader era (1099–1291 CE) has been unearthed in the Old City of Jerusalem.

Al-Qaida leader's intercepted chatter with deputy in Yemen revealed plot.

King Mohamed VI revokes release of Spanish child rapist after mass protests in Rabat.

Anglicised daughter of disgraced former Italian PM has been widely tipped as his political successor.

Newborn was sold to gang by staff in Shannxi province.

Four villages in Latakia province under rebel control while Assad pledges to curb terrorism with war.

Heat melts man's will as he failed to fake his own death in Wuhan.

China could relax single-child law by 2015.

Istanbul court acquits 21 suspects of plotting to overthrow Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Meteor that hit Russia was one of many that have potential to hit Earth.

King Mohammed VI revoked pardon to Daniel Galvan who was convicted for the rape of 11 children aged between 3 and 15

Moral code will prohibit teachers from wearing short skirts, low-cut tops and excessive make-up.

A Turkish court on Monday (August 5) sentenced a former military commander to life in prison and dozens of others including opposition members of parliament to long terms for plotting against the government, in a case that has exposed deep divisions.