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A British man has arrived at a court in France where he is expected to be formally charged with killing his two children. More »

Internet giant Yahoo! has bought micro-blogging site Tumblr in a deal thought to be worth around $1.1bn (£723m). More »

By Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 43 people were killed in car bomb explosions targeting Shi'ite Muslims in the Iraqi capital and the southern oil hub More »

By Yeganeh Torbati DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's electoral watchdog said on Monday it would bar physically feeble candidates from running for president, in an apparent More »

Two days of bombings, attacks on police and a botched hostage rescue killed 50 people in Iraq, among them 24 police who died as security sharply deteriorates in More »

Israel said it called off a United Nations investigative mission to Jerusalem's Old City due to start Monday because of Palestinian efforts to politicise the visit, More »

Justin Bieber's Baby has become the highest-certified single in music history, overtaking Sir Elton John's tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales. More »

At least eight people were killed Monday in twin car blasts outside a court building in the southern Russian city of Makhachkala in the restless region of Dagestan, More »

American pop artist Miguel accidentally kicked two women in the head when he tried to jump over a catwalk at the Billboard Awards. More »

Budget carrier Ryanair has posted record full-year earnings but warned profit growth would slow sharply in the coming 12 months. More »

A suicide bomber struck outside government buildings in northern Afghanistan on Monday, killing 14 people including a local politician in the latest attack to More »

With his high-pitched voice, square spectacles and stubbly chin, Jordi Evole is not your typical dashing television presenter. That doesn't stop three million More »

China's human H7N9 bird flu outbreak has cost the country's poultry industry more than £4.3bn as consumers shun chicken, government officials have said. More »

A Brazilian tourist has been killed and 24 other people injured after two hot air balloons crashed in mid-air in Turkey. More »

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan has told civil servants not to wear socks as the country turns off air-conditioners amid a chronic power crisis and soaring More »

A wave of car bombings and attacks on police in Iraq has killed at least 58 people - including 24 officers. More »

A Syrian government assault on the rebel bastion of Qusayr raged into a second day on Monday, with at least 23 members of the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah More »

By Frank Jack Daniel and Rajesh Kumar Singh NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India and China will study new ways to ease tensions along their ill-defined border, Chinese More »

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani court on Monday granted bail to former army chief and president Pervez Musharraf who has been under house arrest on charges of More »

A large majority of Japanese people disagree with a high-profile politician who said women forced to provide sex during World War II were a military necessity, More »

At least 55 people have been killed and 1.5 million affected after major flooding in southern China. More »

The Indian and Chinese premiers pledged on Monday to finally resolve a border dispute that has soured ties for decades, saying good relations between the two Asian More »

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile on Monday, the US Geological Survey said, with no immediate tsunami warning issued or reports of casualties More »

The party of former Pakistani cricket hero Imran Khan secured victory in a repeat election held in one constituency of violence-plagued Karachi, election officials More »

China is demanding that North Korea releases a fishing boat and crew who are reportedly being held at ransom. More »

French prosecutors said Monday they were currently not charging a 48-year-old divorced Briton with premeditated murder after he admitted slitting the throats of his More »

By Chookyung Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired two short-range missiles on Monday, making six launches in three days, and it condemned South Korea for More »

North Korea fired a sixth short-range missile into the Sea of Japan on Monday, defying warnings from UN chief Ban Ki-moon and South Korea after a flurry of similar More »