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Iran, N. Korea, Syria block arms trade treaty

Tehran, Pyongyang and Damascus agrees on the first global treaty on arms trade as they all face international sanctions for their weapons programs or trading

Suicide bomber kills six in Pakistan: officials

Officials say 6 people were killed and 11 wounded following a 'suicide attack' in Peshawar city

Cyprus court gives Hezbollah man 4 years over 'Israel plot'

A Cyprus criminal court sentences a dual Lebanese and Swedish citizen to four years in prison for involvement in plot to attack Israeli interests on Mediterranean island of Limassol

Weapons arsenal found in US's Connecticut gunman's home

Warrants released in the investigation of the Newtown school massacre reveal that an arsenal of weapons including guns, a gun safe with shotgun shells, a bayonet and several swords are found in the home of the gunman

Putin orders unscheduled Black Sea military exercise: Kremlin

Russia's Kremlin says President ordered military drill in the Black Sea region

Nelson Mandela back in hospital with lung infection

S.African President Jacob Zuma says Nelson Mandela returns to hospital due a 'lung infection'

British troops arrive in Mali for training mission

British troops to train local forces in France-backed war against Islamist insurgents in Mali, but clarify they are not joining French troops in conflict

N. Korea cutting of military hotline provocative: US

US Pentagon spokesman says latest move by North Korea of severing military hotline with South is 'provocative and unconstructive' step

Myanmar's displaced Rohingya Muslims face rains threat: UN

Almost 125,000 displaced Rohingya Muslims might face rain threats in western Myanmar, UN says

After Myanmar violence, almost 6,000 Rohingyas arrive in Thailand

Myanmar's Suu Kyi 'fond' of army that detained her

Mobile revolution in Myanmar is on the cards, but too slow for many

Myanmar prison art tells story of repression

Shot Pakistani schoolgirl Malala to pen life story

Pakistn's shot girl by Taliban, Malala Yousafzai, to write her life story in a book

Qaeda offshoot in North Africa joins Twitter

The media arm of Al-Qaeda's offshoot in North Africa launches its Twitter account @Andalus_Media

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UPDATE: South Africa's Mandela 'responding positively' to treatment

Former South Africa's president Nelson Mandela is 'responding positively' to treatment after his latest hospitalisation for a lung infection

New York City marks 10th anniversary of smoking ban

New York City marks the 10th anniversary of smoking ban in restaurants and bars

War crimes court jails Bosnian Serb ex-officials for 22 years

International Criminal Tribunal of the former Yugoslavia jails two former Bosnian Serb officials for war crimes against non-Serbs in municipalities and detention centers during war which left 100,000 dead

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