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Poroshenko rallies thousands in `battle for Ukraine`

Last Updated: Sunday, August 24, 2014, 16:57

Ukraine`s President Petro Poroshenko on Sunday decried Russian "aggression" as Kiev staged a symbolic Independence Day parade while battling pro-Moscow rebels in the east of the country. 

Militants make renewed push for main Iraq refinery

Last Updated: Sunday, August 24, 2014, 16:56

Militants have launched a renewed push to seize Iraq`s main oil refinery north of Baghdad, battling security forces backed by air support, a police officer and witnesses said on Sunday.

Oldest metal object found in woman`s grave

Last Updated: Sunday, August 24, 2014, 16:46

Archaeologists have unearthed from a woman`s grave in the Middle East the world`s oldest metal object ever discovered.

Spanish police rescue helicopter crashes, three dead

Last Updated: Sunday, August 24, 2014, 16:43

A police helicopter carrying out a mountain rescue crashed in fog Sunday, killing all three crew members on board, regional emergency services said.

Strong earthquakes shake Icelandic volcano on red alert

Last Updated: Sunday, August 24, 2014, 16:41

Two strong earthquakes on Sunday shook Iceland`s largest volcano, which is on red alert for imminent risk of eruption, the Icelandic Met Office said.

Cliff Richard interviewed by police over assault claim

Last Updated: Sunday, August 24, 2014, 16:40

India-born veteran British singer Sir Cliff Richard has been "interviewed" in connection with an alleged historical sexual offence but was not arrested or charged, British police said today.

Philippine rebels burn light plane, warehouse

Last Updated: Sunday, August 24, 2014, 16:38

Suspected communist guerrillas burned a small plane used for aerial agricultural spraying and a warehouse near an airstrip in the southern Philippines in their latest attack, police said today.

Ukraine plans USD 3 billion boost to defence spending

Last Updated: Sunday, August 24, 2014, 16:36

Ukraine`s president today vowed to boost military spending by USD 3 billion in the next three years as government forces seek to overpower pro-Russian separatists in the east.

Kidnapped German released in Syria: Report

Last Updated: Sunday, August 24, 2014, 16:35

A 27-year-old German kidnapped in Syria by militants from the Islamic State around a year ago has been released, according to the Sunday newspaper Welt am Sonntag.

China executes 8 militants from Xinjiang for terror attacks

Last Updated: Sunday, August 24, 2014, 16:23

China has executed eight militants from the restive Muslim-majority Xinjiang province for terrorist attacks including three who masterminded a suicide car bombing in the iconic Tiananmen Square here last year.