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Iraq`s Nuri al-Maliki steps down as Iraqi PM, backs Haider al-Abadi

Last Updated: Friday, August 15, 2014, 10:41

Facing enormous pressure at home and abroad to step aside, Nuri al-Maliki dropped his bid for a third term as prime minister of Iraq on Thursday night and pledged support for his replacement, moderate Shia Haider al-Abadi.

Xi touted as new Deng Xiaoping by Chinese official media

Last Updated: Friday, August 15, 2014, 00:39

As President Xi Jinping consolidated his power to emerge as a strong reformist leader, China`s official media has started comparing him with late Deng Xiaoping, who had overturned Mao Zedong`s rigid Communist ideology.

From jihad to pop culture, Islamists present new face on Web

Last Updated: Friday, August 15, 2014, 00:37

The jihadist calling himself Abdullah caused a brief stir on the Internet this week - but not, to his disappointment, because of his backing for Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.

Ebola scare: US orders embassy families out of Sierra Leone

Last Updated: Friday, August 15, 2014, 00:31

The United States on Thursday told the families of its diplomats in Sierra Leone to leave the country to avoid exposure to the deadly Ebola epidemic.

Germany to send aid to Iraq

Last Updated: Friday, August 15, 2014, 00:30

Germany will send its first batch of relief supplies to Iraq Friday.

Barack Obama says Sinjar siege broken, some personnel to leave Iraq

Last Updated: Friday, August 15, 2014, 00:28

US President Barack Obama said on Thursday that the Islamist militant siege of Iraq`s Mount Sinjar had been broken and most of the US military personnel sent to assess the situation would be pulled out of Iraq in the coming days.

Igor Strelkov: Mysterious Russian who led Ukraine rebels

Last Updated: Friday, August 15, 2014, 00:26

An alleged Russian intelligence colonel with an obsession for reenacting historical battles, Igor Strelkov, who quit as a key rebel chief on Thursday, was a driving force behind the brutal pro-Moscow insurgency tearing apart east Ukraine.

74 killed in Ukraine`s Donetsk in three days

Last Updated: Thursday, August 14, 2014, 23:34

At least 74 civilians were killed in clashes between government forces and independence-seeking insurgents in Ukraine`s Donetsk region over the past three days, authorities said Thursday.

Indonesia tests mental health of US teen in Bali murder case

Last Updated: Thursday, August 14, 2014, 23:33

Indonesian police on Thursday conducted mental health checks on an American teenager suspected of killing her mother and stuffing her battered body into a suitcase on the resort island of Bali.

25 killed in Iraq clashes

Last Updated: Thursday, August 14, 2014, 23:30

A total of 25 people were killed and five wounded in separate clashes between security forces and Sunni militant groups in Iraq Thursday, security sources said.