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Putin has gradually brought media, primarily television, under state control since the early 2000s

The state-owned Indian Railways is one of the world's largest train networks

PM Modi cites ‘cross-border terrorism’ as reason for refusal to step foot in Islamabad

Restaurants across China enjoy the delicacies, with some even appearing on foreign dining tables

Russia bears responsibility for these brutal attacks

A crowd mobbed his car, shouting, "Don't surrender, stay here Lula!"

Some of the funds allocated to rebuilding Baghdad have disappeared, according to Transparency International

This new building will bring a new vision to the art world and to Istanbul

Pakistan remains the leading contributor to the Joint Gulf Shield 1 drills

Condemnations pour in as Yaser Murtaja, 30, is laid to rest

Todd Brassner, 67, was found unresponsive and unconscious in his 50th floor apartment

That attack prompted Washington to launch military strikes against a regime military base

Attack apparently affected 200,000 router switches across the world in a widespread attack

Says Scott Pruitt has received death threats because of his bold actions at EPA

Losses were reported to be the heaviest suffered by Sudanese troops in Yemen

Scores of leftist activists swarm around his car and block the gate at the metalworkers' union building

Accident sparks an outpouring of grief among players and fans

In addition to the nine dead, at least 491 were wounded by Israeli gunfire

The company admitted about messages being vanished from people's inbox

Police says six out of 20 people are seriously injured

Qari Hekmat was killed Friday in an Afghan airstrike in Darzab district, the defence ministry said

Malaysian prime minister took to Twitter to express his bewilderment

A $5,000 reward is being offered to help catch the suspect

Islamabad looking to purchase Su-35 jets, air defence systems and T-90 tanks from Moscow, says Khurram Dastgir

Mali is one of the most dangerous UN missions, with more than 150 peacekeepers killed since 2013

Ralph Norman staged antics to bewilder anti-gun activists

Athletes' bus collided with a semi-trailer in rural Saskatchewan

All GCC states can and should do more to increase coordination with each other and with the US

Texas National Guard said it would send 250 troops to the border

The United States struck at the heart of President Vladimir Putin's inner circle

Palestinian representative in Washington warned Friday that the situation in Gaza was explosive

Pakistan embassies in Beijing, Abu Dhabi, Tehran organise functions

According to Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman, at least 32 civilians died which includes seven children

Britain blames Russia for the poisoning of the Skripals, a charge the Kremlin furiously denies.

Trump's administration targets seven oligarchs, 17 senior Russian officials and a state-owned arms export company

EU justice commissioner Vera Jourova will hold phone talks with Facebook's chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg

China retaliates by unveiling planned levies on $50 billion worth of major US exports

There is no medical or scientific explanation as to why or how some people manage to showcase such behaviour

Over 400 Palestinians had been taken to hospitals and medical centres for treatment

London’s murder rate has increased as more killings this week have taken the total to 50 which mostly were stabbings

The suspect told police that he kept her mother’s body because he believed she could be brought back to life

US president questioned the organization's impartiality

'We believe that (reading the Quran gives) peace of mind to people, so it might give peace of mind to animals'

Their songs are completely changing both within and between years, and scientists don't really know why

Hospital wants potential donors to be free of genetic or infectious diseases, having 'sound ideological qualities'

Nine other pro-independence figures are currently in custody in Spain

We want to live a normal life. A life in which our religion translates to tolerance

Iraq's GDP has increased from $29 billion in 2001 to $171 billion in 2016

Park Geun-Hye faces the next 24 years of her life in prison after being convicted of corruption

The statement came on a day of furious rhetoric between Moscow and London at the UN Security Council