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Moscow begins withdrawal of military equipment from Syria Russia has begun to withdraw military equipment from Syria, the defence ministry said Tuesday.

15 March 2016

Central Asia strongman regimes challenged by stuttering economy Now authorities across ex-Soviet Central Asia are facing an unexpected legitimacy test as falling oil prices and Russia's recession.

14 March 2016

Please forgive me? Egypt customs deface Bryan Adams' guitar A run-in with customs at Cairo airport has left Grammy Award winning rock musician Bryan Adams fuming, after a border agent scrawled a number on the Canadian's prize guitar in paint marker.

11 March 2016

In US gun control, not all laws are equal Gun deaths in the United States can be slashed by 90 percent through universal application of laws requiring background checks of buyers.

11 March 2016

Rising seas swamp Marshall Islands Residents in low-lying areas of the Marshall Islands are braced for flooding underscoring the islands' vulnerability to climate change.

11 March 2016

'Project Fear' stalks Britain's EU referendum campaign Prime Minister David Cameron stands accused of unleashing Project Fear to try and keep Britain in the EU at a June referendum.

11 March 2016

Obama hits out at Cameron, Sarkozy over Libya intervention British leader David Cameron got "distracted" and French President Nicolas Sarkozy wanted to promote his country during the 2011 military intervention in Libya, US President Barack Obama said.

11 March 2016

New Zealand bans 'zero hour' contracts New Zealand has passed legislation banning 'zero hour' contractsto end the use of deals criticised as exploitative.

11 March 2016

Names of 22,000 IS members leaked to news channel Tens of thousands of documents containing the names, addresses, phone numbers and family contacts of jihadis who joined the Islamic State group have been given to the UK's Sky News.

10 March 2016

New 'Drowned Apostles' at popular Australia tourist site Researchers found five more columns under the sea to add up to the limestone stacks off the south coast of Australia known as the Twelve Apostles.

10 March 2016

The fairytale rise of singer Gavin James 'In Ireland everything happens in pubs,' says Gavin James, widely seen as the next big singer songwriter.

10 March 2016

US warns of 'catastrophic' Mosul dam collapse The United States urges governments to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions from the collapse of Iraq's Mosul dam.

10 March 2016

Weakest return for Norway sovereign wealth fund since 2011 The world's biggest sovereign wealth fund, Norway's public pension fund, posted a 2.7-percent return in 2015 owing to real estate and the global stock market recovery.

09 March 2016

Iran tests more missiles in defiance of US warning Iran fired two more long-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday as it continued military tests in defiance of US sanctions and fresh warnings from Washington.

09 March 2016

China's Evergrande 'world's most valuable club' China's Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao has become the world's most valuable football club.

09 March 2016

Once extinct, world's last wild horse returns to steppes The path out of oblivion for Przewalski's horse lies in getting on a plane to China, Mongolia and, most recently, the Russian steppes.

09 March 2016

Brexit 'biggest domestic risk to financial stability': Carney Britain voting to leave the European Union would create a domestic risk to British financial stability: Bank of England governor Mark Carney

09 March 2016

Zika link to new, paralysing disease Causing brain damage in babies and a rare neurological ailment in adults, the Zika virus is also linked to paralysis-causing myelitis.

09 March 2016

Finland probes mystery spike in radioactivity Finnish authorities are investigating a mysterious spike in levels of radioactive caesium-137 detected over Helsinki.

09 March 2016

'Dentist of horror' on trial for mutilating French patients A Dutchman dubbed the 'dentist of horror' went on trial after causing horrific injuries to the mouths of more than 100 patients in France.

09 March 2016

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