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Two Saudis beheaded for murdering compatriots

Last Updated: Sunday, August 17, 2014, 16:36

Two Saudi men were decapitated by sword on Sunday for separate murder charges, the interior ministry said.

Boat carrying 20 foreign tourists sinks in eastern Indonesia, 15 missing

Last Updated: Sunday, August 17, 2014, 16:34

Fifteen foreign tourists were missing on Sunday after a boat travelling between islands in eastern Indonesia sank, an Indonesian search-and-rescue official said.

Pope tells Asia`s communist nations not to fear Christians

Last Updated: Sunday, August 17, 2014, 16:15

Francis made his comments, some of them unscripted, in an address to about 70 bishops from 35 Asian countries gathered in the town of Haeme, south of Seoul, on the next-to-last day of his trip to South Korea.

UN nuclear chief holds Iran talks as deadlines loom

Last Updated: Sunday, August 17, 2014, 16:11

Yukiya Amano held morning talks with Foreign Minister Mohammaf Javad Zarif before meeting President Hassan Rouhani, Iran`s official IRNA news agency reported.

Philippine Muslim self-rule bill due on Monday

Last Updated: Sunday, August 17, 2014, 16:09

Philippine President Benigno Aquino will on Monday receive a completed draft bill to create a Muslim autonomous area, aimed at ending decades of fighting that has claimed thousands of lives, his spokesman said.

Dog dies after saving drowning 5-year-old in Italy

Last Updated: Sunday, August 17, 2014, 16:06

A hero dog has died while trying to save a five-year-old boy from drowning in the sea along Italy`s Adriatic coast.

Germany against Iraq`s Kurds forming independent state

Last Updated: Sunday, August 17, 2014, 16:02

Germany is opposed to the formation of an independent state by Iraq`s Kurds, who are currently battling Islamic State jihadists with Western help, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Sunday.

Rebels down warplane ahead of Russia, Ukraine meeting

Last Updated: Sunday, August 17, 2014, 15:16

Pro-Russian rebels on Sunday shot down a Ukrainian fighter jet ahead of urgent talks between Kiev and Moscow`s top diplomats to defuse tensions over fighting in the east of the ex-Soviet nation.

Australia to take 4,400 refugees from Syria, Iraq

Last Updated: Sunday, August 17, 2014, 14:01

Australia will offer to resettle some 4,400 people fleeing violence in Iraq and Syria, Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said Sunday, adding the places had been freed up by success in stopping asylum-seeker boats.