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The summit has also given China, the host, its latest chance to position itself as a bulwark of globalisation

Soon after she realised her request was denied, her health deteriorated

Despite overall decline in global generosity, Pakistan makes it to top ten

Tens of thousands of Afghan troops have been disabled in years since a US-led campaign ousted the Taliban in 2001

Says peace in border areas is prerequisite for India-China development

Last month, India said it wanted to deport 40,000 Rohingya refugees who left Myanmar in previous years

Xi called for putting its bilateral relationship with India on the 'right track'

Several Republican lawmakers have warned against the temptation to cancel the popular DACA program

If president makes this decision, we will work to find a legislative solution to their dilemma, said Senator Graham

Hurricane dumped 52 inches (132 cm) of rain across the region and killed as many as 60

Persecution backed by government, says Burma Human Rights Network

Rights groups fear their work is being curtailed by Israeli government

Afghanistan's Special Operations Command will soon be on the frontline of the war

William said the case reminded him of the paparazzi hounding of his mother, the late princess Diana

The unique British-made railroad terminal has been gathering rust since 2006

UN mulls additional sanctions as isolated state plans additional missile tests

Pakistan has already sanctioned the groups named in joint declaration

Move comes after a ground in Uttarakhand state flooded with rainwater

Nearly 90,000 Rohingya have flooded into Bangladesh in the past 10 days

Soldiers, special counterinsurgency police forces surrounded a neighbourhood in Sopore after receiving a tip-off

'The way the law was implemented was wrong, so it needed to be dealt with'

North Korea on Sunday triggered global alarm with by far its most powerful nuclear blast to date

The programme was put into effect in 2012 by Obama, allowing some 800,000 undocumented immigrants to stay in the US

Device works by detecting light sources inside the body

Violence in Myanmar was set off by a coordinated attack on dozens of police posts and army base by Rohingya insurgents

Unusual tensions between the two Asian giants suggests the three-day gathering underway could be a last hurrah

Pyongyang on Sunday detonated what it claimed was a miniaturised hydrogen bomb

Trump said US was considering 'stopping all trade with any country doing business with North Korea'

The 21-year-old was allegedly shot five times; he died at the Israeli hospital where he was being treated

Turkish FM says his country has mobilised the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on the issue

Trump last month threatened North Korea with fire and fury if it continued to threaten the US

Donald Trump describes North Korea's actions as "dangerous" to the US

At the time the authorities labelled it "preparation for assassination," but a probe did not find evidence for that

Nine junior ministers were sworn in and four promoted to the cabinet in the reshuffle

The North described the test of what it called a hydrogen bomb as a "perfect success"

Kem Sokha took over the party leadership after his predecessor

Al Shabaab is linked to al Qaeda and wants to impose strict Islamic law in Somalia

Conservatives fear doing so would be a first step to letting females inherit the throne

Tehran's first long-range missile defence system is set to be operational by March 2018

Australia has seen the rise of anti-immigration politics with far-right wing parties garnering strong public support

More than 1 million people have been displaced

Peggy Whitson, 57, is also the oldest female astronaut in the history of space exploration

The apparent test came just hours after the country claimed to have developed a hydrogen bomb

Saudi authorities have report 2.35 million Muslims participate in this year's hajj

The move is likely to worsen already strained ties between the two NATO allies

It marks a dramatic escalation of a conflict that has simmered since October

The decision to annul the election was an unprecedented move in Africa

It can protect several people in immediate area, last for up to six months

Tombs marked 'martyr' have multiplied, as have posters of 'hero fighters'

Harvey has been blamed for at least 42 deaths thus far