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Putin dives in mini-sub to shipwreck off Crimea Russian President Vladimir Putin burnished his action man image by diving down in a mini-submarine to explore a shipwreck off the coast of the Crimea peninsula that Moscow seized from Ukraine last year.

19 August 2015 11:23

Pro-IS video urges Turks to rise up against 'traitor' Erdogan A pro-Islamic State jihadist video has urged Turks to rise up against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, accusing him of being a traitor who has sided with the United States and Kurdish militants.

19 August 2015 11:03

Russian police smash illegal $30 million cheesemaking ring Russian police said they had detained an "international criminal gang" that produced contraband cheese worth some $30 million using banned Western ingredients.

19 August 2015 10:19

Victorious Sri Lanka PM urges unity after election Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe welcomed "the victory of the people" and appealed for unity after an election which seems certain to return his United National Party (UNP) to power.

18 August 2015 15:18

Hong Kong says avoid Bangkok, others urge caution after bombing Hong Kong warned its residents to avoid travel to Bangkok while other governments in Asia advised citizens to be extra vigilant, after a bomb attack in the Thai capital killed at least 20 people.

18 August 2015 15:16

Aspirin reduces bowel cancer risk in obese patients: study Being overweight more than doubles the risk of bowel cancer in people with a certain gene disorder, but a regular dose of aspirin can reverse the trend.

18 August 2015 14:15

Dozens of Clinton emails deemed classified: State Dept Dozens of emails sent or received by Hillary Clinton during her time as secretary of state, from the 3,500 already made public, have been classified as "confidential."

18 August 2015 14:09

France calls off search for MH370 wreckage off Reunion France said it was calling off the hunt for wreckage from missing flight MH370 after 10 days of air and sea searches off its Indian Ocean territory of Reunion yielded no results.

18 August 2015 13:46

Impeaching Rousseff could imperil Brazilian democracy Brazilians clamoring for President Dilma Rousseff's overthrow should think twice, analysts say, warning that the trauma of impeachment could undermine 20 years of building democracy.

18 August 2015 13:41

BuzzFeed moves to Japan in Yahoo partnership BuzzFeed announced plans to launch a Japanese news website in a partnership with Yahoo Japan, the latest step in a global expansion push.

18 August 2015 13:19

UN chief 'alarmed' by upsurge in Ukraine fighting UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed serious alarm over the upsurge in fighting in Ukraine and called for urgent steps to de-escalate the violence.

18 August 2015 13:01

Putin slams 'external control' over Ukraine on Crimea visit Russian President Vladimir Putin slammed alleged "external control" over Ukraine's government as he made his third visit to the Crimean peninsula.

18 August 2015 12:50

Europe's top open-air festival draws record crowds Hungary's Sziget music festival, one of Europe's largest outdoor music bonanzas, finished on a high note with record crowds this year.

18 August 2015 12:37

Pakistan air strikes kill 50 militants in tribal area: military At least 50 militants were killed and their ammunition dump destroyed Monday in air strikes on hideouts in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border.

18 August 2015 12:26

Turkey PM says all coalition options exhausted Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said he had exhausted all options to form a coalition government, leaving the country facing snap elections just months after the June 7 polls.

18 August 2015 11:54

Germany's Steinmeier urges EU-Swiss talks on planned immigration limits German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier urged the European Union to negotiate with Switzerland on Bern's plans for new quotas on immigration from the bloc.

18 August 2015 11:19

Iran's excess uranium may be stored in Kazakhstan Excess stockpiles of enriched uranium of Iran may be stored at the international nuclear fuel bank in Kazakhstan.

17 August 2015 22:12

Khan Qoryk Festival to open in Ulytau in celebration of 550 anniversary of Kazakh Khaganate First youth festival Khan Qoryk dedicated to the 550th anniversary of Kazakh Khaganate opens in Kazakhstan.

17 August 2015 22:06

Horrible road accident in Almaty, water carrier crushes pedestrians In a fatal road traffic accident in Kazakhstan's Almaty, a water carrier truck killed 2 and injured 7.

17 August 2015 21:47

Mayor of Almaty replaced with fresh face: analysis Experts discuss the replacement of Akim of Almaty Akhmetzhan Yessimov with a young career official Baurzhan Baibek.

17 August 2015 20:26