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ARGENTINE prosecutor Alberto Nisman had planned an arrest warrant for President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, according to the woman investigating the prosecutor’s mysterious death. Lead investigator Viviana Fein said the draft warrant

A 14-year-old schoolgirl jailed for trying to attack Israeli soldiers has become a symbol of Palestinian anger over the arrests of children in the occupied territories. The two-month sentence for Malak al-Khatib,

A COMMUTER train has hit a vehicle on the tracks north of New York City, killing at least six people and injuring 12, officials say. They say the incident happened at the

JORDAN has vowed to avenge the killing of its air force pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh by Islamic State (IS) militants. This comes after an IS video appeared to show him being burned alive.

NORTH Korea on Wednesday appeared to rule out any resumption of dialogue with the United States, threatening to react to any US “war of aggression” with nuclear strikes and cyber warfare. The

INDONESIAN Ahmadis are no strangers to persecution, with attacks and discrimination rife, but leader Iskandar Gumay hopes better days are ahead for the minority Muslim sect under new President Joko Widodo. The

TWO Russians working for UTair airline have been kidnapped in Sudan’s Darfur region, Russian officials say. UTair has a contract to fly aircraft for the joint UN-African Union peacekeeping mission in

A VIDEO released by the Islamic State militant group on Tuesday purported to show captive Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh being burnt alive. Reuters could not immediately confirm the video, which

KURDISH forces and their Syrian rebel allies have seized a belt of villages around Kobani from Islamic State militants, a senior official said Tuesday, days after they drove the extremists from the

PALESTINIAN President Mahmoud Abbas, has ordered an investigation into a cartoon apparently depicting the Prophet Mohammad in an official Palestinian newspaper. According to Reuters, the move came less than a month