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Armoured vehicles and artillery were used against about 50 gunmen from the BIFF

Sixty nine per cent continue languishing in extreme poverty

Crawling along the ground ahead of Afghan military convoys, the 31-year-old policeman saved countless lives

United Nations has condemned the army’s campaign against Muslims as ethnic cleansing

Most players were maimed in explosions while others suffer from diseases like polio

Seek supplies or stay inside? Civilians trapped in underground shelters in a constant dilemma

Netflix will pay Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama for exclusive content

Launch of Exchange-Traded Fund part of plans to give rise to number of retail stock investors at top Pakistani bourse

Course will help build confidence for those rescued from slavery

His campaign to stamp out illegal drugs has killed more than 4,100 drug suspects

Trucks are waiting outside Eastern Ghouta, will deliver food

Some were totally in shock, others paralysed by fear or
unable to talk about the incident.

Fire spread quickly as neighbouring factories were also producing chemicals

Born to Pakistani and Indian parents, Tahera Rahman always dreamed of being in front of the camera

A suicide bomber blew himself up in a Shia area in Kabul

The army has few resources to deal with the instability on its border

Anti-Muslims riots have left three people dead so far

recording of an emergency 911 call was released on Thursday

The Afghan government intends to recruit an additional 5,000 female police officers over the coming five years

terminally ill individuals are allowed to draft a "living will" to opt against life support

News of summit is latest step in a quickening diplomatic detente that has seen North, South Korea exchange envoys too

Duties of 25 per cent on steel & 10 per cent on aluminum will be formally announced next week

Seven plaintiffs though are among a few hundred blocked by Trump

Report in journal Science is largest to date and studies some 126,000 cascades on Twitter

#MeToo and #Timesup campaigns galvanise this year's celebrations amid surging demand for respect and equality of women

Two most popular opposition leaders barred from holding public office

Trudeau's visit to India dogged by suspicions that Canada was soft on Sikh separatists.

700,000 Rohingya fled over the border to Bangladesh since army crackdown

South Korean official visiting Washington to brief US allies about talks with North Korean leader in Pyongyang

State Dept also places $3m for information on Jamaat ul-Ahrar leader Abdul Wali, Lashkar-e-Islam militant Mangal Bagh

American Civil Liberties Union urges the governor to veto the bill

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani recently unveiled a plan to open talks with the Taliban

Judges overturned a lower court's ruling that marriage between Akhila Ashokan and Shafin Jahan was illegal

Villagers say husbands prefer wives to be cut and often ask young brides to undergo the procedure before their wedding

An open letter penned by four female aid workers attracted more than 1,000 signatures from other women in the sector

6,000 individuals died prematurely in 2014 of cardiovascular diseases connected to long-term nitrogen oxide pollution

President Macron vows to put in place a 'name and shame' system to make public companies that least respect the law

Neighbours told the strike on the two-storey house took place at around 9:00 pm local time on Wednesday

Violent husbands or partners face being electronically tagged under new measures

Prince is making an official visit to London to promote Saudi Arabia as a tolerant and modernising economy

There are more than 400 foreigners in the jail serving sentences for crimes ranging from murder to trafficking

Amendment to law gives authority to police 'to set conditions for returning the body of a militant for family...

With Trump determined to press ahead with protectionist agenda, trading partners China and Europe likely to retaliate

The state university has been instructed to spread moderate islam

UAE cabinet currently has nine female ministers and ministers of state

Don't think that my brother and I will stay silent for one second, says Emami

Dozens of businessmen from Saudi Arabia were detained in a crackdown on corruption last year

Doshi first from India to win highest honour in literature, which was established by the Pritzker family in Chicago

Moscow accused politicians and journalists of whipping up anti-Russian sentiment

Chaos placates in the city