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Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi seeks more engagement than confrontation with the EU.

Caltech scientists have discovered panguite, a new mineral, embedded in the Allende meteorite.

Assad says Syria is at war as fighting reaches outskirts of capital Damascus.

Vigilante squads hunt down father of Feng Jianmei's aborted child as local government turns up heat in propaganda war.

Vladimir Putin tours the Middle East to remark Russia's controversial albeit growing role in the area

Masum Turker claims intelligence services pinpoint Russia's Admiral Chabanenko warship in Syrian harbour as aggressor.

Hacker Hell attacks anti-graft campaigner elected to board of state-controlled airline Aeroflot

UN expert tasked with investigating human rights violations in Syria finally enters the country.

Russian leader urges more commitment to peace process and warns against unilateral actions undermining it.

Lou Nuer and Murle tribal groups engaged in tit-for-tat theft, arson, looting and kidnapping, says UN.

Rescuers use machetes and hoes in desperate bid to dig out families, homes and livestock buried in thick red sludge.

Viral video shows men abducting women off the street and forcing them into matrimony as ancient tradition lives on.

Four ultra-Orthodox Jews held on suspicion of defacing the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem.

Erdogan ups the ante in row with Damascus and warns Syria border incursions will be viewed as military threat.

Suspected gas leak collapses terraced houses, claiming one life and raising fears of residents trapped in rubble.

South African government accused of preferring to spend money destroying books rather than educating children.

The Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Project, which provides access to these most ancient biblical manuscripts online, will work towards reading the most fragile Dead Sea Scrolls without opening.

Vassilis Rapanos would have been a key negotiator with EU officials on bailout terms.

Al-Qaida and Taliban are turning towards Arab nations as they lose footing in Afghanistan and Pakistan, says Jonathan Evans.

War of words escalating but Turkey says no intention of going to war with Syria over shooting down of jet.

Nigeria president calls for calm and warns that reprisals play into Islamic fundamentalist hands.

Social workers discussed sending boy, whose mother believed he was possessed by evil spirits, to Africa to be exorcised.

Cyprus is latest eurozone economy to apply for help from EU's European Financial Stability Facility to avoid Greece debt contagion.

Indian police gather fresh evidence of sighting of actress they say involved in Pakistan terror cell's bombing of Delhi high court.

A rapidly growing wildfire in Colorado came in on some of the major tourist spots over the weekend, while over 11,000 were forced from homes in Colorado Springs and nearby communities.

Russian president in Israel in a visit to boost Moscow's influence in the Middle East

Haredi rally in Jerusalem against proposed scrapping of Tal Law, which exempts students from military service.

Tensions continue to rise in northern Mali as residents of Islamist-controlled areas in and around Timbuktu hit back against newly imposed Sharia law.

With an historic move, the Gulf Kingdom is poised to send for the first time women athletes to London 2012 Olympic Games.