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'It's something rare, because it requires the Sun, Mercury and Earth to be in almost perfect alignment'

The North Carolina law passed on March 23 has triggered a national outcry

About 40 countries have been invited alongside bodies such as the World Bank and the IMF

Panama Papers more than 200,000 secret offshore companies

Trove on shell companies released online, accessible at offshoreleaks.icij.org

The gunman was killed after refusing to surrender to security forces

Arvind Kejriwal says he has evidence Indian PM misappropriated the degrees of someone with the same name

Maharashtra police have arrested two suspects while raids are being conducted to round up rest of the accused

Islamic Relief hopes the campaign across five major cities in UK will help to 'change the negative climate'

This means for the first time since 1945, there will not be a president from either of the two centrist parties

Iranian military officer says the missile leaves Earth's atmosphere, re-enters it and hits the target without error

Kim was previously first secretary of the party

Three students used glasses with wireless cameras embedded in their frames to transmit images and receive answers

The tech giant cited concerns over digital security and privacy

The men were arrested after deadly raid in a Belgian town in Jan 2015 which exposed a plan to kill police officers

Former US President Bush, the honorary chairman of this year's Games, also spoke on stage to the near 500 athletes

The bovine prophecy comes during the kingdom's much-watched annual royal ploughing ceremony

Dispute centers on whether modern-day India, Pakistan, Nepal be referred to as India or as South Asia

Isolationism has never served this country well, says Cameron

The fire erupted overnight in a small hotel in the Al-Mosky neighbourhood, not far from the Al Azhar mosque

Foreign reporters invited to cover specific events in North Korea are subjected to very tight restrictions

Images take us inside the White House and provide a rare glimpse into Bush’s actions on 9/11

Headteacher says garment is 'ostentatious religious symbol'

Famous temples are playing firecracker CDs instead of launching the real thing

Until the end of 2014, when their role officially ended, NATO forces in Afghanistan peaked at over 130,000 troops

Oil facilities have escaped damage, officials say, and there have been no fatalities directly linked to the blaze

The wax and resin statue entitled simply "Him" had been expected to fetch between $10 million and $15 million

'Mercury will look as if it is nibbling at the edge of the Sun' says Paris Observatory

Erdogan accused the international coalition of abandoning his country to fight the group alone

Authorities had expressed fear the fire could spread east to Saskatchewan province

The congress, which opened on Friday, has largely been seen as an elaborate coronation for the 33-year-old Kim

The data will reveal names and information on 200,000 offshore entities set up by wealthy individuals around the world

Many of the dead, were burned beyond recognition

"Hillary hurt many women - the women that he abused," the Republican told a rally in Spokane, Washington late Saturday

President Xi Jinping has urged "maximum efforts" to find survivors

Police arrested Ezzedine Khaled at his apartment on Saturday and he was remanded into custody for four days

Money raised at the bazaar will be donated to the UNHCR for the Syrian Refugees

The move has come under fire for being impolite and prejudiced

Two buses collided with a fuel tanker on a highway in the central province of Ghazni

In 2008, Rotterdam in the Netherlands appointed Moroccan-born Ahmed Aboutaleb as mayor, a role he holds to this day

Four elephants, including two calves, were killed by lightning in one of the worst wildlife tragedies to hit country

Saudi interior ministry says two gunmen were trying to infiltrate a police station parking area in Taif province

Akkari says the angel with a halo is a Christian interpretation of the entity and therefore 'haram'

Elections are a traditionally volatile time in the nation infamous for lax gun laws and a violent political culture

Taliban warns it will target 'those who have passed sentences'

'The death toll has risen to 14 while 41 others are injured' senior govt official says

Catching a cold is over 100 times more likely when a person is travelling by plane due to the recirculated cabin air

Tiens Group is celebrating its 21st anniversary by taking 2,500 of its employees to Madrid, Barcelona and Toledo

Bill Shorten, a 48-year-old ambitious former union chief, will take on the Liberal Party's Turnbull

Hillary Clinton is still prohibitive favorite to beat Donald Trump in November