Facebook has controversially removed the iconic image of a girl fleeing a Napalm attack during the Vietnam war from a post, on the grounds of nudity, reports BBC. The editor of Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten said the entire post, which was about iconic war imagery, was later deleted and the account…

Tajikistan's President Emomali Rakhmon accused a jailed opposition group of attempting to build an "Islamic state" and triggering civil war in the secular country, in a speech shown on state TV Friday, reports AFP. In the address marking the ex-Soviet country's 25th independence anniversary,…

Southern EU leaders on Friday sought to close ranks on migration, extremism and austerity with the bloc's future on the line, and ahead of a showdown with hardliners next week. Bringing together the members worst hit by the EU's twin recession and refugee crises, the mini-summit will focus on…

The United States and Russia on Friday grappled over plans to halt the fighting in Syria, as resurgent Moscow-backed regime forces tightened the noose around the beleaguered city of Aleppo. In Geneva, Secretary of State John Kerry was once more locked in talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov,…

A doctor in the western Indian state of Gujarat has been arrested for allegedly raping a patient with dengue fever, reports BBC. The doctor attacked the 21-year-old woman in the secluded intensive care unit of the hospital in Ahmadabad on Sunday, police said. Another worker of the hospital has also…

Donald Trump has told a Kremlin-funded TV network "it's probably unlikely" that Russia is trying to influence the US election, reports BBC. The Republican presidential nominee suggested on RT that Democrats were behind claims Russian intelligence agencies had hacked their computers. Mr…

Fighting terrorism and cracking down on smuggling across their restive border topped talks between Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and Thailand's…