Iranian MPs have submitted a bill in parliament that asks for barring of dogs from public places because the animals are 'unclean' and keeping pets was an 'un-Islamic' custom.

Besides being 'unclean'

Rome's conservative mayor Gianni Alemanno received a letter and a bullet through the mail at his office in the town hall.

The typed letter was said to have been signed 'The Armed Patriotic Groups' (G

Rome: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has telephoned Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi to deny that Italy had armed anti-government demonstrators with rockets.

According to a statement issued b

Tunis: Thirty-five inmates held in a prison in southern Tunisia escaped by assaulting guards and making a hole in the wall, a media report said.

Most of the escapees were apprehended following the br

Islamabad: Former army officers will take action against the Pakistani government if it releases US official Raymond Davis, suspected of murder and espionage, ex-intelligence services chief and retire

Islamabad: Former army officers will 'take action' against the government if Pakistan releases US official Raymond Davis who shot dead two Pakistanis, ex-spy chief Hamid Gul has warned.

"If the gover

Messina: A message posted to the social networking site Facebook helped save a young woman from sex slavery in southern Italy and led to the arrests of three men.

The 23-year-old woman was forced to

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has posted the second issue of its English-language magazine Inspire to jihadi forums, US intelligence website Site reports.

Floods, landslides and heavy downpour brought about by typhoon Fanapi have claimed 54 lives in China's Guangdong province, while 42 people were still missing, officials said on Thursday.

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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has claimed responsibility for last week's abduction of seven foreigners, including five French citizens in Niger, a media report said.