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Iran says it downed Israeli drone over nuclear site

Last Updated: Sunday, August 24, 2014, 23:54

Iran`s elite Revolutionary Guard said it has brought down an Israeli stealth drone above the Natanz uranium enrichment site in the centre of the country.

Boko Haram leader proclaims `Islamic caliphate` in Nigeria

Last Updated: Sunday, August 24, 2014, 23:52

Boko Haram`s leader said he has created an Islamic caliphate in a northeast Nigeria town seized by the insurgents earlier this month, in a video on Sunday.

Families wage citizen campaign to solve MH370 mystery

Last Updated: Sunday, August 24, 2014, 23:45

Chinese physics student Jimmy Wang had no interest in aviation until March 8, when Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 went missing with his 58-year-old father Wang Lijun aboard.

14 killed in Israeli air strikes on 48th day of Gaza war

Last Updated: Sunday, August 24, 2014, 23:35

At least 14 Palestinians, including a top Hamas financial official, were killed on Sunday in Israeli air strikes on Gaza as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that the military offensive would continue as long as necessary.

China targets ordinary Uighurs with beards, burkas

Last Updated: Sunday, August 24, 2014, 23:30

Outside a mosque in China`s restive west, a government-appointed Muslim cleric was dodging a foreign reporter`s question about why young men of the Uighur ethnic minority don`t have beards.

Egypt`s Sisi denies role in Tripoli air raid

Last Updated: Sunday, August 24, 2014, 23:02

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday denied reports that the Egyptian air force carried out air strikes in Libya on Islamist militiamen around the capital`s airport.

Four arrests as Macau police halt unofficial democracy poll

Last Updated: Sunday, August 24, 2014, 22:59

Four people were arrested as police shut down voting facilities in Macau after activists ignored strong objections from Beijing and held an unofficial referendum on electoral reform, the event organiser said.

Qatar denies funding extremist Islamic State group

Last Updated: Sunday, August 24, 2014, 22:51

The Gulf nation of Qatar is hitting back at suggestions that it supports the Islamic State extremist group, saying that "determined, collective action" is needed to end sectarian violence gripping Iraq and Syria.

50 rebels killed in Syrian army ambush

Last Updated: Sunday, August 24, 2014, 22:36

At least 50 rebel fighters were killed in an army ambush in Syria`s southern province of Daraa, media reported Sunday.

British `close` to identifying Foley killer: Envoy

Last Updated: Sunday, August 24, 2014, 22:34

British authorities are "close" to identifying the hooded Islamic State jihadist who beheaded American journalist James Foley, the British ambassador to the United States said on Sunday.