Syrians use Ramadan humour to ease the pain of war
As Syria's Muslims observe the fasting month of Ramadan at a time of war for a third year running, many people are turning to black humour to help them cope.
20 children dead from school meal in India: official
Twenty children have died after eating a free lunch at a primary school in eastern India, with initial tests showing the food may have contained poisonous chemicals.
Syria death toll hits 5,000 a month: UN
Five thousand people a month are dying in Syria's war, which has now generated the worst refugee crisis since the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
17 July 2013
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Boston bombing accused seeks to beef up legal team Alleged Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is seeking to beef up his legal team by hiring an additional attorney who specializes in death penalty and terrorism cases.
16 July 2013
DR Congo says 130 dead in clashes between army, rebelsFighting between troops and rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed at least 130 people including 10 soldiers, the government said Monday, the deadliest clashes in months.
16 July 2013
Russia puts Putin's opponents on trial As a judge prepares to give his verdict Thursday in the fraud trial of Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny, a growing number of President Vladimir Putin's opponents are facing trial and the prospect of long prison terms.
Egypt freezes assets of 14 top Islamists Egypt's public prosecutor ordered the freezing of assets belonging to 14 top Islamists, as the US dispatched its first senior official to Cairo since president Mohamed Morsi's ouster.
British counter-terror police probe mosque 'nail-bomb' British counter-terror police were on Friday investigating reports of an explosion outside a mosque in central England that witnesses said left nails scattered over the ground.
15 July 2013
Typhoon kills three, forces evacuation of 500,000 in China Eastern China was battered Sunday by strong winds and torrential downpours from Typhoon Soulik which left three people dead and forced half a million people to evacuate their homes.