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North Korea, already heavily dependent on international food aid to feed its population, faces a fresh crisis.

Mitt Romney in Poland as part of three-nation tour to project himself as world leader and alternative to Barack Obama.

Hospitals and makeshift clinics in Aleppo are flooded with bodies and injured people.

Doodle comes on a day the British team wins a medal in artistic gymnastics men's ring.

Three HIV-positive women in Namibia were coerced into being sterilised a judge ruled.

UK Foreign Office reports Syria's most senior diplomat in London has walked out on Damascus regime.

Palestinians fuming at US Republican presidential candidate MItt Romney for his remarks on Israel's economic efficiency.

Women who follow strict dress rules of sharia law given a flower as a thank you.

Yoweri Museveni attempts to limit physical contact after deadly Ebola case is reported in Kampala.

Couple accused of affair buried up to their necks and stoned to death by Islamic extremists under Sharia law.

James Holmes, accused of killing 12 people in Century 16 cinema in Aurora, Colo., is set to face formal charges.

Russian punk girls Pussy Riot accused of 'hooliganism' with anti-Putin protest song in Moscow's Christ the Saviour Cathedral.

Electrical short-circuit suspected as cause of fire aboard Tamil Nadu Express while passengers still asleep.

US says Assad's regime 'is coming to an end' and 'has lost all legitimacy'

Stroke survivors show improved motor function and balance after practising yoga.

Lethal typhoons leave impoverished country facing food shortages and mass homelessness.

The Republican presidential nominee is taking an aggressive line against Iran because he sees an existential threat to Israel.

Girls who experience sexual abuse are likely to start menstruating at an early age, while physical abuse can result in late menarche, say researchers.

The outbreak has been confirmed in Kibale district, near the Democratic Republic of Congo, and all the infected are linked to the same family.

University of Missouri scientists find that solving arithmetic problem by memorising answers will help in long run.

UN special envoy Kofi Annan fears imminent massacre in Aleppo.

Diving made its debut at the 1904 Olympic Games at St Louis, United States.

University of Michigan scientists develop a compound that prevents retina damage caused by diabetic retinopathy.

Colorado shooting suspect James Holmes had been seeing a university psychiatrist, according to court filings.

Government official admits that Beijing floods exposed planning and infrastructure problems.

Dozens of rebels belonging to the Free Syrian Army believed killed or wounded in Aleppo.

A team of scientists has discovered a new species of termite that explodes when a nest is attacked by predators.

This young Americans in these states are facing the worst unemployment scenario in the past three decades.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says it is not possible to remain mute spectators to the carnage in Syria's largest city.