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Parliament has ratified new digital security law stipulating harsher punishment against violators

North Korea counts on China as its main economic and political backer

Declaration of genocide could have legal implications of committing Washington to stronger measures against Myanmar

Says talks at UNGA show Trump's isolation

Let the Israelis try, we will defend ourselves as we always do, the state news agency quoted Meqdad as saying

They are suspected of being members of a broader network that ships drones and supplies to Islamic State

The priestly blessing which is part of the weeklong holiday of Sukkot, or Feast of the Tabernacles, time of pilgrimage

New study suggests that one species of elephant bird was larger than previously thought, weighing as much as giraffe

Pair wanted by Britain for nerve agent attack on former Russian spy

FM Cavusoglu chairs first meeting of OIC Contact Group of Friends of Mediation on sidelines of UNGA

Police and military are in front line of three-year-old militant offensive in north of Burkina Faso

Relations between Palestinian Authority and United States have fallen in recent weeks after Washington cut off aid

Beijing did not want Republican Party to do well because of trade stance, says US president

Beijing faces outcry from activists over mass detentions of Muslim Uighur minority

Libyan capital was at centre of battle for influence between armed groups ever since fall of dictator Muammar Gaddafi

Qureshi says Security Council reforms shouldn’t serve 'interests of a few' seeking permanent membership

Catholics in China are divided between government-run association and unofficial church swearing allegiance to Vatican

Woman refusing to 'return' despite repeated requests, husband claims

At least a dozen people who were trapped beneath the rubble

Mediterranean diet less likely to cause depression, study finds

The prisoners were arrested during mass protests in June against plans for special economic zones

A Copenhagen policewoman is being investigated for embracing a niqab-wearing protester during a demonstration

The incident took place as an IndiGo flight was preparing to take off from Mumbai for Kolkata

One of the men, a salesman, is also accused of bribing the other with 5,000 dirhams to mount a cover up

We are watching, and we will come after you, Bolton says in no holds-barred speech

An air strike appears to have killed 12 members of an Afghan family, most of them children

Court also ruled unconstitutional the use of Aadhaar by companies to establish an individual's identity

US president says his administration has accomplished more than almost any in US history

Three men accused of torturing and killing kangaroos are being hunted by police in Australia

Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang died last week after a prolonged illness

Cuts to electricity and petrol subsidies and a rise in VAT is making people switch from luxury to budget goods

Germany and Saudi Arabia on Tuesday agreed to return ambassadors

The United Arab Emirates will support United Nations proposals for new peace talks on Yemen

Wang Yi says that the two countries would only lose if they confronted each other

Abe has been a longtime hard-liner regarding North Korea

United States has condemned Russia for impeding maritime transit

The Chinese national came to the US on a student visa and later enlisted in the army reserves

Tensions between United States and European Union over Iran have soared

One of the victims is reported to be only 15

Cosby found guilty of three counts of aggravated indecent assault for drugging, sexual assault of Andrea Constand

US president tweeted just hours before both leaders were set to speak at the UN General Assembly

Numan Arif, 32, is 16th Pakistani national to have hit Dubai Duty Free jackpot since lottery began in 1999

The couple was beaten up by a mob of hardliners before being 'rescued' by police

Says Pakistan’s battle-hardened army has an edge over Indian military

Trump says Tehran's leaders sow chaos, death and destruction

PM May is expected to make announcement on future UK immigration rules at her Conservative party conference next week

Khuzestan was a major battleground of the 1980s war with Iraq and it saw unrest in 2005 and 2011

'Sharek' visa process will be introduced for the inaugural Saudia Ad Diriyah Erace Prix on December 15

Court had earlier given Sirru Sun Fushi resort resort deadline to remove "idols"

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