The EU agrees new sanctions on Iranian officials and businesses over Tehran's nuclear programme and says future measures may target oil exports.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai pardons a woman jailed for adultery after being a victim of rape, after she apparently agrees to marry her attacker.
Martin O'Neill is the front-runner to succeed Steve Bruce as Sunderland manager, BBC Sport understands.
Actress Meryl Streep defends her portrayal of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as a frail old woman suffering from dementia in The Iron Lady.
High Street coffee shops could pose a risk to pregnant women because of big variations in the amount of caffeine in each cup, research suggests.
GCHQ is trying to recruit new spies by asking social network users and bloggers to crack an online code.
Countries most vulnerable to climate impacts ask that talks on a new climate deal covering all countries begin now, putting them on a collision course with giants such as China and India.
EE.UU. planea levantar un nuevo vallado que se extenderá casi 100 metros en el Océano Pacífico para desalentar la inmigración indocumentada entre Tijuana y San Diego. La propuesta despertó críticas entre urbanistas y ambientalistas.
حكومات الاتحاد الأوروبي توافق على تشديد العقوبات على سورية، ولجنة تابعة لجامعة الدول العربية توصي بوضع 17 شخصية سورية على قائمة لحظر السفر إلى الدول العربية.
دیپلماتهای خارجی که از مجتمع مسکونی دیپلماتهای بریتانیایی در باغ قلهک و همچنین سفارتخانه آن کشور بازدید کرده اند، می گویند تابلوها پاره و کامپیوترها خرد شده است. استاندار تهران این بازدید را مشکوک خوانده است.
Киевский суд принял к рассмотрению апелляцию бывшего премьер-министра Украины Юлии Тимошенко, приговоренной к семи годам заключения за подписание газовых договоренностей с Россией, но отказался удовлетворить просьбу адвокатов об освобождении политика.
This year's World Aids Day comes at a defining time in the 30-year history of HIV. But despite scientific progress, funding for programmes is declining.
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