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France's defence minister said a soldier stabbed in Paris Saturday was targeted because he was in the army and vowed to continue his country's "implacable" fight More »

International police agency Interpol has pressed the delete button on all the information it has on the former employer of late lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, saying a More »

Syrian rebels kept up resistance Saturday to a Hezbollah-backed government assault on a strategic central town as pressure grew on a political opposition in More »

A suicide bomber identified as the widow of two Islamists blew herself up in Russia's Dagestan on Saturday, killing one person and wounding over a dozen in the More »

By Jason Bush MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police detained around 30 pro- and anti-gay activists in central Moscow on Saturday, imposing the city's ban on gay rights More »

Swedish police said Saturday they hoped reinforcements and a heavy volunteer presence on the streets would help quash nightly riots that started almost a week ago More »

By Alain Iloniaina ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - Madagascar's president Andry Rajoelina, under international pressure not to seek re-election in July, has set out the More »

Tens of thousands of Catholic faithful attended a mass on Saturday putting on the path to sainthood a priest shot dead by the mafia 20 years ago, the first victim More »

Around a hundred gay rights activists marched in Ukraine on Saturday despite fears of violence, marking the first gay pride event in the ex-Soviet country, where More »

African leaders on Saturday celebrated the African Union's 50th birthday against a backdrop of economic growth but also awareness of the armed conflicts and the More »

An elderly woman who was reunited with her dog during a TV interview after the Oklahoma tornado says that even if she has lost her possessions, she still has what’s More »

One of only six surviving Apple 1 computers still in working order has sold for a record 516,461 euros (£441,532). More »

Brazil said Saturday it plans to cancel $900 million (700 million euro) worth of debt in 12 African countries, as part of a broader strategy to boost ties with the More »

Britain's intelligence agencies came under fresh scrutiny on Saturday following claims that MI5 had tried to recruit one of two Islamists accused of butchering a More »

(Reuters) - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called sexual assault a "scourge" on Saturday as he addressed graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where More »

By Erika Solomon BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government forces and the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah launched a fierce campaign to seize more rebel territory in More »

Rioting in Sweden spread to towns outside Stockholm as youths took to the streets for a sixth successive night. More »

KIEV (Reuters) - About 100 Ukrainian gay rights activists held the country's first gay rally on Saturday, helped by police who arrested 13 people for trying to More »

Two members of the Pussy Riot punk rock group who were due to appear at a festival in Finland on Saturday cancelled their appearance and have gone underground for More »

The Afghan government on Saturday lauded its security forces for beating back a Taliban assault on central Kabul that left one policeman, two civilians and all four More »

Dozens of activists at a gay pride march in Moscow have been arrested by Russian police. More »

The attackers who staged deadly twin bombings at an army base and French-run uranium mine in northern Niger came from neighbouring Libya, Niger's President More »

Sixteen children and a teacher were killed when their school bus caught fire in central Pakistan on Saturday, police said. More »

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - A group of 80 international aid agencies urged the European Union on Saturday to follow through on pledges it made last year to back More »

Parents and volunteers have been patrolling the streets of Stockholm's immigrant-heavy suburbs to help quell riots that have raged for almost a week, serving as a More »

A Japanese politician already under fire over comments about wartime sex slaves has apologised for suggesting US soldiers in Okinawa visit brothels. More »

The shattered community of Moore in Oklahoma has been sent messages of hope by neighbours who suffered even greater tornado devastation. More »

A group of American tourists on holiday in Iceland had to be rescued after the ice they decided to picnic on broke off and floated away. More »