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Interior Minister Muammer Guler said 62 people had been detained in Turkey's biggest city, Istanbul, and 23 in the capital, Ankara. The state broadcaster TRT said 13 had been held in Eskisehir

The Taliban opened an office in Doha, the Qatari capital yesterday to help restart talks and said it wanted a political solution that would bring about a just government and end foreign occupation of Afghanistan

About 100 gunmen, first stormed Kizara village around 3.00 am and began attacking the residence of poor villagers

This year's G8 Heads of State Summit, which opened Monday, was held at Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, with the focus on Syria crisis and economic issues

Pakistan has already conveyed its “serious concerns” over drone strikes to the US and it will continue to raise the issue at all forums

President Hamid Karzai called on the Taliban last month to fight Afghanistan's enemies in what was widely seen as a swipe against Pakistan days after the neighbours' security forces clashed

The first North American Shaolin Cultural Festival is scheduled to be held from October 8 to 14 in Los Angeles

Potential subjects for the hand transplant program will be children who are over 10 and "in good overall health" but have been missing both hands for one or more years

Assad was commenting for the first time since the US announced that they would be supplying military aid to rebels fighting to overthrow Assad

This is the second time China has made it to the first place in the Top 500 list of the world's most powerful supercomputers