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Pakistan: Mild tremors felt in Balochistan province

Two mild earthquakes on Friday struck Pakistan's restive Balochistan province which is still reeling from the devastation caused by a temblor that killed over 500 people in September.

Restrictive student visa policy impacting UK education: Lord Paul

A major objective to the changes in the student visa policy was to attract high calibre students to study in the UK. This has not happened," Lord Paul, who is the chancellor of two British Universities - Wolverhampton and Westminster -said

Nato soldier killed in Afghanistan blast

soldier of the Nato-led ISAF coalition was killed in a blast in Afghanistan, the coalition forces confirmed on Thursday.

Facepalm: Two Finnish air force jets collide midair

The statement said the accident occurred in a sparsely populated area of western Finland at 12:13 p.m. Wednesday (1013 GMT) and that two parachutes were observed in the sky.

Biggie deal: Coat accused of sparking violence in NYC

So coveted by teens is the Biggie, that in January a 16-year-old boy from Manhattan was shot dead after refusing to hand over his jacket.

Sexual harassment, no rights: Egypt is the worst Arab state for women

Discriminatory laws and a spike in trafficking also contributed to Egypt's place at the bottom of a ranking of 22 Arab states, the Thomson Reuters Foundation survey found.

Cameron vows to push Sri Lanka on Human Rights investigations

Cameron has defended his decision to attend the summit which starts next Friday, saying he would use the opportunity to focus international spotlight on Lanka's lack of progress in human rights and reconciliation after the end of the civil war

U.S. plane hijacker returns home from Cuba after 30 years

HAVANA (Reuters) - A former U.S. militant who hijacked a plane to Cuba almost 30 years ago flew home to the United States on Wednesday and was arrested by the FBI on air piracy charges, federal authorities said.

20 killed in fresh violence in Karachi

At least 20 people were killed in a fresh wave of violence in Pakistan's port city Karachi. According to media reports, nine people were shot dead Monday in different areas of the city while 11 others were killed by unknown shooters Tuesday, reports Xinhua.

350 people evacuated after Moscow theatre fire

The fire broke out in the attic of the building of the School of Modern Drama theatre in central Moscow.

Cyclone Sonia poses flood threat in Mexico

Forecasters expect Sonia to pass south of the Baja California peninsula in coming hours and approach the mainland coast early Monday.

War trial: Two non-residential Bangladeshis sentenced to death

A tribunal in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on Sunday handed down the death penalty to two non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) in absentia for crimes against humanity committed during the country's war of independence in 1971.

Thousands of Islamists protest in Egypt ahead of Morsi's trial

Supporters of toppled President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo and other major cities denounced the trial, which starts Monday, as "void." They instead called it a trial "of the people's will."

Cancer vaccine developed to boost patients' lifespan

Russian scientists have developed a vaccine for the treatment of cancer that can increase the patient's lifespan more than two-fold, ITAR-TASS reported Wednesday.

US drone crashes in New Mexico military base

The US Air Force confirmed on Thursday that one of its Predator drones crashed near a military base in New Mexico on Wednesday during a training exercise.

Police clears Musharraf in death of Lal Masjid cleric

Pakistani police have cleared former military ruler Pervez Musharraf of any direct involvement in the death of a cleric of the radical Lal Masjid during a 2007 military operation, according to a media report today.

Egypt arrests al Qaeda militant earlier jailed for Sadat murder again

Egyptian authorities have arrested an Islamist militant jailed over the assassination of Anwar Sadat, for plotting bomb attacks on behalf of al Qaeda since his release from prison in 2012, security sources said on Tuesday.

Syrians to decide future leadership: foreign minister

Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem said on Tuesday government officials would attend planned peace talks in Geneva but that it was up to Syrians to decide the country's political future and leadership, state television reported.

Barking dogs suspected to have triggered killing spree in Arizona

A man went on a rampage, methodically killing four members of a family and their two dogs that lived next door before killing himself with the same shotgun.

FBI probing whether head of Russian culture exchange scheme was a spy

The FBI is looking into whether the U.S.-based director of a Russian government-run cultural exchange program is a spy who tried to recruit young Americans.

Vietnamese well heeled marijuana smokers prefer US grown weed

Vietnamese diaspora criminal gangs got into the marijuana cultivation business in North America in the 1980s.

US Army to disband fabled 'Band of Brothers' unit due to budget cuts

The 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, also known as the Currahees, is one of 10 brigade combat teams that the Army will shut down between now and 2015.

Sharif harps on Kashmir yet again, but finds no takers

Ahead of a meeting with US President Barack Obama here Wednesday, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif made yet another attempt to draw Washington into the Kashmir dispute, but once again found no takers.

Man opens fire outside Las Vegas casino over cover charge, one dead

The gunman started shooting on Monday because he was upset he didn't get a refund of an admission charge.

Chinese govt arrests venture capitalist for backing activist group

Wang Gongquan was a supporter of the New Citizens Movement, a loose network of activists.

Fed official warns against tighter policy

The Federal Reserve should be "extraordinarily careful" about hiking interest rates to head off potential risks to financial stability, a top US central banker said on Friday, warning about consequences to the economy.

Buffett calls threat to not raise US debt limit a 'political weapon': CNBC

The idea that Congress could fail to raise the $16.7 trillion US borrowing limit is a "political weapon of mass destruction," Buffett told cable television network CNBC.

US edges away from brink of debt crisis, as deadline closes in

US Senate leaders announced a deal on Wednesday to end a political crisis that partially shut down the federal government and brought the world's biggest economy close to a debt default that economists said threatened financial calamity.

Injured kangaroo shuts down Melbourne Airport partially

Given the name Cyrus, after one of his rescuers, the male eastern grey kangaroo was injured by a vehicle on a nearby road.