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Turkey`s Davutoglu nominated new PM

Last Updated: Thursday, August 21, 2014, 23:01

Recep Tayyip Erdogan nominated Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu as his successor as prime minister on Thursday, with expectations high that the man who has dominated Turkish politics for more than a decade will stay in charge once he is president.

IS video shows dozens of Yazidis converting to Islam

Last Updated: Thursday, August 21, 2014, 21:11

The Islamic State (IS) Sunni extremist organisation, based in Iraq and Syria, Thursday released a video showing dozens of members of the Yazidi minority religious community converting to Islam.

First Malaysian bodies from MH17 crash fly home

Last Updated: Thursday, August 21, 2014, 21:09

A plane carrying the bodies of 20 Malaysian victims of flight MH17, which crashed in Ukraine in July, took off from Amsterdam for Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, Dutch media reported.

Hamas executes 3 for `collaboration` with Israel

Last Updated: Thursday, August 21, 2014, 21:05

The armed wing of Hamas has executed three Palestinians and arrested seven others for allegedly collaborating with Israel during the Gaza war, a website close to the movement reported Thursday.

Seven slashed in knife attack in China`s Guangzhou: State media

Last Updated: Thursday, August 21, 2014, 20:58

A man slashed seven people on Thursday in the southern city of Guangzhou, state media said, in the latest of a series of attacks that has unnerved the country.

Malaysian couple caught with fake credit cards in Lanka

Last Updated: Thursday, August 21, 2014, 20:56

A Malaysian couple was arrested today in Sri Lanka for using fake credit cards to purchase expensive French brandy from a five-star hotel here.

Islamic State sows terror, bewitches jihadists

Last Updated: Thursday, August 21, 2014, 20:53

Key questions and answers about the Islamic State group that beheaded American journalist James Foley, and that US President Barack Obama described as a "cancer".

Islamic State biggest threat to our profession: Scribe panel

Last Updated: Thursday, August 21, 2014, 19:42

In a statement, the CPJ stressed that the members of the Islamic State who murdered freelance US journalist Foley "use violence and intimidation to silence all independent reporting in the areas they control".

Indonesia`s highest court upholds Widodo`s presidential win

Last Updated: Thursday, August 21, 2014, 19:40

Indonesia`s highest court unanimously upheld last month`s presidential election result on Thursday, paving the way for Joko Widodo to take over as the next leader of the world`s third largest democracy.

Two Indians plead guilty to massive health care fraud in US

Last Updated: Thursday, August 21, 2014, 19:37

Vipin Kumar Patel, 30, and Jigar Patel, 27, face a maximum sentence of five years of imprisonment for making a false statement in a health care matter, the US Justice Department said.