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Austrian mountain rescuers deliver high-altitude baby

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 13, 2014, 23:25

A team of 15 mountain rescuers accompanied by a gynaecologist had to climb some 2,500 metres above sea level to help deliver a baby, police said on Wednesday.

Brazil presidential candidate Campos dies in plane crash: Report

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 13, 2014, 22:26

Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos was killed in a plane crash on Wednesday, local television channel GloboNews reported, throwing the country`s October election into disarray and knocking local financial markets lower.

Iran`s supreme leader dismisses direct US talks

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 13, 2014, 21:47

Iran`s supreme leader today dismissed the value of direct talks with the US, his first comments touching on meetings that officials from the Islamic Republic had with Americans dating back to secret talks that began in 2012.

Magnitude 5.8 quake strikes Mexico`s Oaxaca state

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 13, 2014, 21:43

The US Geological Survey says a magnitude 5.8 earthquake has struck the southwestern Mexican state of Oaxaca.

UN rights body legitimises `terror groups`: Israel PM

Last Updated: Thursday, August 14, 2014, 00:26

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out on Wednesday at the UN Human Rights Council, accusing it of granting "legitimacy to terror organisations" by investigating Israel for alleged war crimes in Gaza.

IS tarnished Islam`s image: Egypt`s top cleric

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 13, 2014, 21:23

Egypt`s top cleric has condemned the extremist Islamic State outfit as a terrorist organisation, saying it has "tarnished" the image of Islam and paved the way for destruction of Muslim nations.

52 dead as jihadists make gains in northern Syria: Monitor

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 13, 2014, 23:44

Jihadists of the Islamic State (IS) group seized a string of villages in northern Syria on Wednesday in fighting that left 52 people dead, a monitoring group said.

Ukraine death toll doubles in two weeks to 2,086: UN

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 13, 2014, 21:20

The number of people killed in conflict-hit eastern Ukraine has nearly doubled in two weeks to 2,086, including at least 20 children, the UN human rights agency said Wednesday.

16 feared dead in Thailand building collapse

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 13, 2014, 21:18

Up to 16 workers may have died in a a building collapse on the outskirts of the Thai capital, police said on Wednesday as they issued arrest warrants for five people involved in the project under construction.

National Intelligence Chief Clapper`s comments pushed me to become leaker: Snowden

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 13, 2014, 21:17

Edward Snowden says dishonest comments to Congress by the US chief of national intelligence pushed him over the edge and prompted him to leak a trove of national security documents.