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Ties between Iran and the United States have deteriorated under President Donald Trump

Wine a big draw for tourists

While India has strongly condemned North's nuclear tests, it has maintained diplomatic relations with Pyongyang

WHO agency says key ingredient in Monsanto weedkiller most likely carcinogenic

Guld state's 'Kafala' system in the spotlight

Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, has lost billions of dollars since crude prices plummeted in mid-2014

Chandrika Solanki was leading a workers' protest; released after Narendra Modi reached airport

Ashraf Ghani rejects a ‘Pakistan-managed’ effort to broker peace between Afghan govt and Taliban

Code gave NSA an almost undetectable presence

Thailand has been in sombre mood since Bhumibol's death one year ago

Appreciates New Delhi's 'support' in combating extremism

Duterte has made it clear he favours being less dependent on the US

Communist Party gives Xi inviolable mandate to rule

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Believes fewer women will contest elections in future

Asian, European professors targeted in "vigorous lecturer recruitment campaign"

Offer follows Iraqi military offensive against break-away northern region

Landed in New Delhi after a brief visit to Islamabad

The parents of the baby have been reported to the authorities in Toulouse

It marked the strongest US response so far to the months-long Rohingya crisis

Astrolabes have been in use since ancient times and the mariners' version was developed by Portuguese explorers

Almost 170,000 Pakistani troops have served as peacekeepers; 153 of whom were martyred

The man remains in a critical condition with serious burns after self-immolating

This is eighth time Russia has used veto power at the Security Council to block action targeting its Syrian ally

A clock and a fire alarm missing in the photograph released by the Afghan president's office

Since it was discovered by chance in 1998 the man-made mound has been scarred by bulldozers more than once

Statement is the most direct attack by a top official on country's influential religious establishment

Indian health ministry data shows that respiratory issues killed about 10 people per day in the year 2017

Prince Mohamed announced a massive tourism project to turn 50 islands on the Red Sea into luxury resorts

Revenue from Harry Potter grew 40 per cent in the period, the company said on Tuesday

Both leaders discuss bilateral, regional and global issues

Prohibition gives rise to new problems for India's poorest

'This is a test of democracy,' said senior FDC official

Journalist underwent surgery and was on a ventilator on Monday

Minhai kidnapped in 2015 while on vacation in Thailand and has been detained at undisclosed location in China

Women and girls are vastly outnumbered by men in Calais

Lagarde also called for tackling inequality between men and women

39 of the 49 crew members kidnapped globally occurred off Nigerian waters in seven separate incidents said IMB

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The university said the historic thesis was the most-demanded item in its online repository

Tatyana, a 32-year-old presenter, was attacked on Monday at the offices of the Echo of Moscow radio station

Jokester depicted Catalan leader as TV dating show candidate with caption, 'Carlos, 54, independent but not too much'

IS has 'has aspirations to establish a larger presence' in Africa, says top US military officer

Two women allegedly poisoned him by rubbing nerve agent VX on his face in a Cold War-style hit that stunned the world

The amendment puts him in the same company as the founder of modern China, Mao Zedong

'My only concern was that our story gets told'

Rouhani says Iran's regime was under threat from fierce infighting between conservatives and moderates at home

Trump will call on Xi to fully implement UN Security Council resolutions against Pyongyang

Catalan President Carles Puigdemont and his team may be out of their jobs as soon as this weekend

Washington is concerned Iran will use its expanded presence in Iraq and in Syria to expand its influence in the region