South American foreign ministers give "solidarity and backing" to Ecuador for granting asylum to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
A Chinese court is due to deliver its verdict in the trial of Bo Xilai's wife Gu Kailai for the murder of UK businessman Neil Heywood.
Chasing 346 to win, England lose both openers and seem likely to relinquish their number one Test ranking to South Africa.
New York state officials will make a decision on Mark David Chapman's request for release later this week.
Scientists believe they are a step closer in the difficult journey towards developing a male contraceptive pill, after successful studies in mice.
A new high-speed undersea data cable, Asia Submarine-cable Express, opens to traffic in Asia potentially aiding financial traders.
Nasa's newly landed Curiosity rover on Mars is getting ready to deploy its laser instrument, which can decipher the chemistry of rocks at a distance.
Our bodies can tell us a lot about our heath, if only we knew how to listen
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En declaraciones desde la embajada de Ecuador, el fundador de WikiLeaks agradeció a Ecuador y a su presidente por haberle concedido el asilo y exigió a Estados Unidos que pare su "caza de brujas" contra WikiLeaks.
前中共政治局委员、重庆市委书记薄熙来的妻子谷开来涉嫌杀害英国商人海伍德一案将于周一(8月20日)宣判。
الأردن تستدعي السفير السوري لديها احتجاجا على سقوط قذائف سورية على أراضيها
ماموریت ناظران سازمان ملل متحد در سوریه رسما در پایان روز یکشنبه، ۱۹ اوت پایان یافت. شورای امنیت سازمان ملل ماموریت این ناظران را که به منظور نظارت بر برقراری آتش بس به سوریه اعزام شده بودند، به دلیل افزایش خشونتها تمدید نکرد.
A South African teenager's dream has come true after he was invited to New York City to see a piece of his work on display at the Museum of Modern Art.
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