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Widows break taboo and tradition to celebrate spring festival Holi.

During a surprise visit to Baghdad on Sunday (March 24), U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to stop Iranian flights over Iraq from carrying arms to Syria.

Phosphorus weapons allegedly used killing two rebels near Damascus.

Christians celebrated Palm Sunday (March 24th) in Jerusalem and the West Bank marking the beginning of Holy Week ahead of Easter.

Obama’s visit could be beginning of Middle East peace talks, says Kerry.

Dinosaurs with sharp spikes on their backs may have had sex in a prehistoric variant on the missionary position to prevent castration or even death.

The Chinese have been testing new DF-21D missiles, as US steps up military presence in Asia.

The bodybuilding champion and entrepreneur brought Schwarzenegger to the United States in the 1960s, and set him on the path to stardom.

David Ranta, a New York man who was wrongly jailed for 23 years, suffered a severe heart attack just a day after his release.

Some may think it Kruel, but Kardashian and West have bizarre sense of humour, say insiders.

A woman who was the cheerleader for the Tennessee Titans until 2009 has been charged with sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy at a party.

A man has been found dead in deep snow by a farmer, while emergency services struggled to reach the area because of adverse weather conditions.

In late 2011, an Italian court overturned Amanda Knox's conviction for the murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher. But the case may not be over yet.

Former Pakistan president lands to rousing welcome from party supporters, ending four-year self-imposed exile.

Newly elected Francis I met his predecessor Benedict XVI in the first recorded meeting between pontiffs for hundreds of years.

Barack Obama has ended his three-day tour of the Middle East with a visit to the ancient stone city of Petra.

Paul Broun said he ate the animal after killing it on an expedition to Zimbabwe, then had it stuffed and mounted in his office.

Kim De Gelder gets life for murders after breaking into nursery dressed as comic book villain.

Twighlight actress Ashley Greene's luxury LA apartment was gutted by fire on Friday 22 March, with one of her dogs perishing in the inferno.

A fireball the size of a boulder streaked across the heavens over the eastern United States, and was visible across 13 US states and two Canadian provinces.

China new President Xi Jinping is to visit Tanzania, Congo and South Africa on his first official trip overseas.

A 61-year-old man from Vancouver was left shedding tears of blood after he was attacked by a poisonous snake.

Two teenagers have been charged with the murder of 13-month-old Antonio Santiago, in Georgia.

WPP group creative team uploaded offensive advert mocking Italy's ex-PM to promote Ford Figo.

University of Alberta music professor insists vibrators are best way for students to hit the high notes.

Four-minute video entitled A Short, Three-Day War has been released on government and propaganda YouTube channel Uriminzokkiri.

Music teacher pretended to be acupunturist to infect victims with HIV for unknown reasons.

Beppe the Clown's Five Star Movement is like Hitler says Riccardo Pacifici, head of Rome's Jewish Community.

Mike Gmoser files indictment against the groundhog for 'purposefully lying' about early spring.