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Two lawsuits claim that the Muslim women were discriminated against because of their religion and for wearing hijab

Obama leaves office in January, with al Qaeda significantly diminished by drone strikes

Facebook, the owner of the service, failed to hand over information requested in a criminal investigation

Vijay Mallya, a part-owner of the Force India Formula One team, left India on March 2 owing more than $1 billion

Parts of the charred exterior walls are all that remain of the Saint Sava Cathedral

Security officials say several women and children were among the victims

Group was also sanctioned by Saudi government after a deadly crane accident at one of its projects last September

Amokrane Sabet, reported to be a mixed martial arts fighter, was known as a troublemaker in the area

Ban will impact about 30,000 traditional cabs and some working for app-based Uber and Ola services

The executive was slapped and pushed several times as the event descended into chaos

It is the latest twist in a sex scandal since phone recordings leaked two months ago

Police are investigating the reasons for the bombmaking but no arrests have been made so far

Lowe and Bridges were swept away by a massive snow and ice avalanche on Shisha Pangma peak in China in October 1999

Washington and Moscow are the joint sponsors of the Syrian peace process

The news ends years of speculation about a person who until now has gone by the name of Satoshi Nakamoto

Iran passes law allowing govt to grant citizenship to families of foreigners killed while fighting for the country

Analysts believe Bin Laden's long-time deputy al Zawahiri is hiding in the porous Pakistan-Afghanistan border

McDonnell says he finds the e-mails both "inappropriate and unprofessional" and "deeply troubling

Workers protest proposed overhaul of public sector payroll system that will set uniform standards for salaries

More than a week of fighting in Syria's second city has killed hundreds of civilians

The British weekly reported the FARC had assets worth $10.5 billion in 2012

A thick mist known as "The Darkness" blows in from the Pacific to the edge of the Atacama Desert

From Moscow to Madrid, workers chanted demands for higher wages, better conditions and more job security

Senate is expected to vote for an impeachment trial on charges that Rousseff illegally manipulated government accounts

South says 'North Korea has a track record when it comes to abductions'

The plane has been in California for a week since crossing the Pacific to land in Mountain View

India is officially in the grip of its worst water crisis in years, after the last two monsoons failed

The leaked pages will be published online at 0900 GMT, Greenpeace said in a statement

Muslim journalist,using the pseudonym Said Ramzi, carried out the investigation for a documentary "Allah's...

French contractor DCNS last week sealed the 12-submarine Aus$50 billion ($39 billion) contract

Alternative Solutions in Washington authorized to grow medical marijuana for nearly 3,700 local patients

Afridi's job was to run a fake Hepatitis C vaccination programme with the aim of obtaining genetic samples

'To mark the 5th anniversary of OBL operation in Abbottabad we will tweet the raid as if it were happening today'...

Former president Mahinda Rajapakse and his family are accused of siphoning off billions of dollars

India has a poor history of treating people including children with mental disabilities and illnesses

Jaleshwar Prasad, 48, died of a cardiac arrest after falling ill at the Al Bayt stadium on Wednesday morning

Police say first blast was near a local govt building and second one about 60 meters away at a bus station

Iran cites unprovoked attacks on its cities by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in the nations' 1980-1988 war

A record 17 women will become lawmakers in the 290-seat parliament

Bishnoi tribe takes in orphaned and injured fawns which would otherwise not be able to survive on their own

Turkey is facing security threats on several fronts

Malta has topped a global survey of the world's most scenic airport approaches

The 15-year-old is being treated in hospital at Pathankot in Punjab state and is expected to survive

China has by far the world's biggest fish industry

The black-tie event is an annual inside-the-beltway ritual

Twenty-six people were rescued from the boat which sank on Friday, and were questioned overnight

Now polling around 14 percent, AfD is eyeing entry into the federal parliament in elections next year

1.1 million asylum seekers arrived in Germany last year, about 40 percent of whom fled the wars in Syria and Iraq

According to World Bank estimates, the group has killed around 20,000 people

About 330 million people, or a quarter of the population suffer from drought after the last two monsoons failed