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Former warlord promoting peace deal with Taliban that would grant insurgent group local autonomy in certain regions

Premier received by Nepalese minister Yuba Raj Khatiwada at the Tribhuvan International Airport

K2 remains only peak in the world above 8,000 metres never climbed in winter

60 per cent of deaths caused by cyclones around the world in the last two decades occurred in Bangladesh

Aid for tens of thousands of people on its way to Eastern Ghouta

Chinese system requires strong leaders, Xi needs time to find and train right successors: political commentator

Egypt and Saudi Arabia have strengthened ties since Sisi took power in 2013

The worst snowstorms in nearly 30 years had frozen water in pipes last week, water suppliers said

Officials believe violations increasingly linked to political factors, both sides lack incentive to resolve issues

Netanyahu awaits a decision by Israel’s attorney general on whether to indict him

Tehran denies seeking nuclear arms and says its missiles are purely defensive and not up for discussion

Group sets preconditions, seeks employment on TAPI project

Physicist believes time shrinks infinitely as universe contracts, but never reaches a definable starting point

The ferocious battle between the jungle giants was captured on film by a tour guide in Maharashtra

Mexico has suffered a wave of violence linked to drug trafficking that has intensified in recent years

Four armed men entered a school at midnight and set it on fire

In recent months, Chinese authorities have cracked down hard on Xinjiang's 10 million Uighurs

Resolution passed by G-B assembly demands release of more than 50 women detained while visiting relatives in Xinjiang

Beijing will splash out 1.11 trillion yuan ($175 billion) on its military this year, reports suggest

The prime minister’s visit would provide an opportunity to further expand and strengthen bilateral relations

Embassy advised US citizens in Turkey to avoid large crowds

South Korean President Moon Jae-in uses the Pyeongchang Games to open dialogue between Washington and Pyongyang

Ruling centre-left Democratic Party is trailing in third place, according to the exit polls

Senegalese authorities say the massacre was carried out by villagers with the support of the rebels

76-year-old most senior Catholic cleric faces charges of sexual abuse

Hollywood is set for real-life cliffhanger at the Oscars

Huge accumulations of snow and ice were left in many parts of the country

American man sentenced to 316 years in prison for child sex offenses

Tehran denies seeking nuclear arms and says its missiles are purely defensive and not up for discussion

French embassy attack leaves nine assailants dead and at least 80 people were injured

Visit comes three weeks ahead of an election where former general Sisi is seeking a second term.

Netanyahu uses Trumpian tactic of denouncing as "fake news" the corruption allegations

Remaining in power gives Xi chance to push through his vision of rejuvenated China

Washington accuses Moscow of ignoring UN Security Council resolution calling for a 30-day cessation of hostilities

Turkish police detain fifteen women activists

Three aftershocks stronger than magnitude 5 shook the mountainous Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea

Explosion destroyed four of 18 apartments in the building

Eastern Ghouta's 400,000 residents have lived under regime siege since 2013, facing severe food and medicine shortages

The event came after Riyadh hosted its first international half-marathon in late February

Bannister's black-leather pair of shoes were sold for £266,500 in September 2015

More than 60 lives have been claimed so far in prevailing sub-zero conditions, most of whom were rough sleepers

A young man is accused of stabbing a celebrated secular writer at a seminar

Since the start of the operation on February 9, military casualties at least 16, more than 100 militants dead

Xi will be formally elected to his second term as president at China's largely rubber stamp parliament

Only one small convoy with supplies for 7,200 people has been allowed to Ghouta so far

The guard dogs saved enumerate lives between the years 2010 and 2014 but were not attended to properly

Move aims to decrease the number of unmarried women in the country

Governing for another four years under Merkel's shadow will sound death knell for party: young SPD members

eight people were killed at the army headquarters and French embassy

Moon seeks to open dialogue between US and North in hopes of easing a nuclear standoff