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With 284 of 301 precincts reporting, Romney wins 40 percent of the vote, followed by Paul with 23 percent and Huntsman with 17 percent. They are followed by Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum. Texas Gov. Rick Perry garnered just 1 percent.

An Iranian nuclear scientist has been killed by a bomb placed on his car by a motorcyclist in Tehran. A city official has blamed Israel for the attack, similar to attacks on nuclear scientists just over a year ago.

The candidates hoping to take on President Obama in November’s US presidential election fight it out in New Hampshire, in part two of the battle for the Republican nomination.

A bomb has killed at least 29 people and wounded 37 after it exploded near a bus terminal in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber region, one of the restive tribal areas where insurgents are battling government forces

In his first speech since June, Syrian President Bashar Assad has refused to step down, insisting he still has his people’s support. He continues to claim that a foreign conspiracy and terrorists are behind the country’s unrest.

Security breach by ‘hacktivists’ reveals email addresses of 221 British military staff and 242 Nato officials.

Iran’s Revolutionary Court has convicted American Mirzaei Hekmati of working for the CIA and sentenced him to death.

A court has acquitted Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on sodomy charges, signaling a new era for conservative Malaysia.

A civilian court orders the arrest of Turkey’s former head of the army, the highest-ranking officer so far to be charged with leadership of an illegal network accused of seeking to overthrow the government.

Ahead of the New Hampshire primary, the nearby Boston Globe endorses the former US ambassador to China Jon Huntsman, a slap to former Massachusetts Governor Romney.

A presumed terrorist explosion strikes a neighborhood in Damascus, state media said Friday, killing and injuring dozens.

A fight among inmates armed with makeshift knives, clubs and stones has left 31 people dead and 13 injured in a prison in a drug-plagued state in northern Mexico.

A series of bombings in Baghdad leaves 27 people dead and dozens wounded, intensifying fears of increased violence following the recent U.S. troop withdrawal.

The euro has dropped to its lowest rate against the dollar in 16 months after France sold 8bn euros ($10.3bn, £6.6bn) of bonds at an auction.

Grave containing at least 10 human skulls is discovered in northern Afghanistan by construction workers digging the earth to build a car park in an army compound.

Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is handing over power to Vice President Amado Boudou until January 24, as she undergoes thyroid cancer surgery.

Mitt Romney wins Tuesday night’s Iowa caucuses, beating rival Rick Santorum by just 8 votes in the closest presidential GOP contest in U.S. history.

Tens of thousands of people have been protesting in Budapest over Hungary’s controversial new constitution, a day after it came into force.

German unemployment has fallen to its lowest rate in December since 1991; by contrast, Spain said on Tuesday the number of people claiming unemployment benefits stood at a 15-year high at the end of 2011.

Los Angeles police book a 24-year-old man on suspicion of arson after an L.A. County sheriff’s deputy detained him in connection with a string of more than 50 deliberately set fires.

Iran says it has successfully test-fired two long-range missiles during a naval exercise in the Gulf, flexing its military muscle to show it could hit Israel and U.S. bases in the region if attacked.

A massive manhunt is under way for a man wanted for questioning in the shooting death of a park ranger and a shooting that left four injured in Washington state.

European stock markets head higher in early trading Monday, while South Korea’s benchmark Kospi closes flat following the New Year’s holiday weekend.

The euro weakened for a sixth day against the yen on concern Europe’s debt crisis will weigh on the region’s economic growth. The 17-nation currency also fell against the dollar.

Some of the crew of a burning Russian nuclear submarine were still inside and seven others had been evacuated to hospitals after inhaling toxic fumes.

North Korea announces there would be no change in its policy under its new leader, Kim Jong-un, striking a characteristically hostile posture with a threat to punish President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea for “unforgivable sins.”

European stocks were little changed after Italy missed its fundraising target at a bond sale, while its borrowing costs eased. U.S. index futures rose, while Asian shares fell.

A judge subpoenas the husband of the daughter of Spain’s King Juan Carlos to testify as a suspect in a corruption case, deepening a public relations nightmare for the royal family.

An air strike by Turkish warplanes near a Kurdish village of Uludere in Sirnak, close to the border with Iraq has left 35 people dead.

A chimpanzee who apparently starred in Tarzan films in the 1930s has died at the age of 80, according to the sanctuary where he lived.

The funeral of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-il unfolded across the snow-laden streets of Pyongyang, a three-hour event that displayed the secretive regime’s ability to choreograph elaborate state ceremonies.

Argentina’s president Cristina Fernandez will undergo surgery next week after doctors diagnosed her with thyroid cancer.

An al-Qaeda front group in Iraq says it was behind the wave of attacks that killed 69 people on a single day last week.

Two Swedish journalists have been jailed for 11 years in Ethiopia on charges of illegally entering the country and supporting terrorism.

An Arab League mission arrives in Homs amid reports of escalating violence. The team is in Syria to assess if the government is upholding commitment to end its crackdown.

Brazil has overtaken the UK as the world’s sixth largest economy, an economic research group reports.

A delegation of South Korean citizens arrived in Pyongyang on Monday to express condolences over the death of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.

At least seven people have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack outside Iraq’s interior ministry in Baghdad.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says massacres by French colonialists in Algeria was genocide, responding to French legislators passing a bill making it a crime to deny that the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago

The town of Christchurch, where an earthquake left 181 dead only 10 months ago, was shaken by two successive quakes on Friday afternoon local time. There are no deaths reported, although 19 people have been hospitalized.