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  Kharkiv, Ukraine--Masked men have toppled several statues of the Soviet leader Lenin in eastern Ukraine, authorities said Saturday, in a fresh show of...

  Johannesburg--South African police detained more than 30 people overnight as xenophobic violence simmered around the economic hub Johannesburg, officials said on Saturday. Anti-foreigner...

  Srinagar, India--Indian police shot dead a 16-year-old boy on Saturday during an anti-India demonstration in Kashmir as a separatist strike shut down the...

  Moscow--The marginalised Russian opposition parties of slain Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov and arch Putin foe Alexei Navalny have announced they will form an...

  Aden--At least 27 people were killed in the Yemeni city of Taez in clashes between loyalist forces and rebels as well as Saudi-led...

  Manila--The US Pacific Command has banned its troops in the Philippines from bars and nightclubs, a spokesman said Saturday, with the trial under...

  Kathmandu--Hundreds of mountaineers and Sherpas in Nepal paid emotional tribute Saturday to 16 of their fellow guides who died in an avalanche on...

  Tehran--Iran's military is purely for defence and should not be seen as a threat in the Middle East, President Hassan Rouhani said Saturday...

  Sanaa--Iran presented a four-point peace plan for Yemen to UN chief Ban Ki-moon, demanding international action to end the "senseless" Saudi-led air campaign...

  Dar es Salaam--At least 19 Tanzanian gold miners were killed when the pit they were working in collapsed in the northwestern Msalala district,...

  Jalalabad, Afghanistan--A suicide bomber killed at least 22 people and wounded 50 others in an attack Saturday outside a bank in the eastern...

  Riyadh--Saudi Arabia, which is leading a three-week-old air war against rebel forces in Yemen, on Saturday announced $274 million in humanitarian aid for...

  Tokyo--Japan's population has shrunk for the fourth year running, falling back to a level it was last at in 2000, with more than...

  Berlin--Say four simple letters, TTIP, to many Europeans and you're likely to be met with a blank stare. But in Germany, where resistance...

  Mexico City--Mexican authorities have yet to find a toolbox-sized container carrying dangerous radioactive material that was stolen on April 13, authorities said Friday....

  Nuevo Laredo, Mexico--A cartel attacked Mexican security forces Friday in reaction to a drug lord's arrest in a city near the US border,...

  Berlin--Oskar Groening, 93, a former Nazi known as the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz", goes on trial in Germany next Tuesday is likely one of...

DUBAI: The Aviation Department of Ras Al Khaimah Police saved an elderly Emirati woman from atop a mountain in the emirate. Lieutenant  Pilot...