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On February 6, 1918, eight million women, aged over 30 won the right to vote

Situation particularly dire for girls and young women, with 33% in emergency countries failing to learn even basics

Salah Abdeslam goes on trial

Government maintains it has an option to transfer him to another country

White House says there are no serious injuries among members of Congress or their staff

He stabbed to death a nine-year-old boy, bragged about it online and then killed another man while on the run

Urges government to immediately publish a leaked report about the economic costs of leaving the EU

The perpetrators were each fined 500 Egyptian pounds

Report politically sensitive as companies in UN database could be targeted for boycotts or divestment

Hundreds of "top secret" and classified Australian govt papers were found in locked cabinets sold at secondhand...

Ramadan, grandson of founder of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, has denied rape allegations from two women

Radicalisation of children huge concern to Germany, three of five attacks in country last year carried out by minors

Indian military officials say deal extends reach of navy, which will rotate its ships, aircraft through the islands

Series of events resulted in Nichola being late for her £12,000 wedding

When I was stressed or angry I would pull chunks [of hair] out, recalled Megan

A tweet gets churned after voicing his may for 'halal' Kellogg's

'Our sanctions going forward will be based upon a lot of the work that the intelligence community did'

Indian tourism could rise from about $16.4 billion in 2016 to $40 billion by 2027

Trump talked about border wall, restriction on family of legal immigrants, N Korea's leadership in address

USGS estimates Arctic holds 1/5th of world’s undiscovered oil and gas, as Russia stakes out its claims in region

However, Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan denies TOLOnews report

However there is no change in US policy of forcing Taliban through military pressure into talks

BBC estimate is significantly higher than the most recent assessment of insurgent presence by NATO-led coalition

Trump is calling for national unity, strong borders and a powerful US military to repel threats to America

Both sides agree to enhance joint border patrolling

The move comes after a Dubai-based lawyer had filed a Public Interest Litigation in the Kerala High Court

Britain is the third largest buyer of surgical instruments from Pakistan

The handover took place in November last year, weeks after Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa’s visit to Afghan capital

says the decision was "part of a new American era of moving from negotiation to dictation"

His story drew praise in media, widespread public sympathy with a crowdfunding page raising money for him

Survey says journalists being beaten, detained and harassed

The oil-dependent country seeks to establish more employment opportunities for its own citizens

Indonesian police official says Ulema have approved their action

World powers have imposed growing sanctions on North Korea for its nuclear and ballistic missile programs

Authorities in the iconic tourist destination race against time to take measures to battle the looming 'Day Zero'

BBC Women accuse their managers of misleading them about their pay to hide widespread gender discrimination

France ‘will intervene’ if jihadist nationals sentenced to death in Middle East

Mike Pompeo says China is trying to steal US information and spread covert influence around the world

Finding bolsters Western claims that Assad’s government possesses, uses banned munition in violation of UN resolutions

The Taliban reacts to Trump's announcement by saying they never wanted to talk to the US anyway

Country's main opposition group and Kurdish minority have said they would boycott event

300 people have since been detained for social media posts criticising the offensive in Syria

The hotel was closed to normal business

Beliefs in India suggest menstruating women are impure, should not enter temples, or prepare certain foods

Girl's 27-year-old cousin had been arrested and charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act

Israel hardens policy on Palestine

Afghan envoy to UN suggests the attack plot was 'too complex' for the Taliban to have developed on their own

Recent reports indicate that 43 per cent of Afghan districts are either under Taliban control or being contested

Clashes came after separatist forces seized government buildings in Aden.

Brazil police force is regularly accused of breaking the law in carrying out extrajudicial killings