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"Substantial quantities of weapons and munitions were also seized," Colonel Ledru says

Audio from the flight recorder of the crashed aircraft mentions a fire on board the plane in its final moments

Officials say the increased opposition militancy masks a U.S.-backed coup plan

Nigeria is committed to rescuing the remaining 218 Chibok girls still held captive by Boko Haram

Wa'il Adil Hasan Salman al-Fayad was minister of information and prominent member of Islamic State, says Pentagon

Rizwan Farook with his wife shot and killed 14 people in San Bernardino last year

Indian officials made no immediate comment on the appeal outcome

The US Republican presidential nominee has long questioned President Obama's US citizenship

Afghan soil is being used by ‘a neighbour’ for subversive activities and financing in Pakistan, says FO spokesperson

Police are not allowing even ambulances with Karnataka number plates to drive into Tamil Nadu across tense border

Analysts say new site in Kahuta provides fresh evidence of how the country is seeking to boost its atomic arsenal

Uzbekistan has never held elections deemed free and fair by international monitors

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The restaurant manager was subsequently subject to criticism on the restaurant's Facebook page

Over 4,500 entries were received from 80 countries across the globe and 31 prize winners were announced

Currently, the feature is available to select users

UN spokesperson says trucks were still waiting at the border with Turkey

Khurram Pervez, scheduled to brief UN on Kashmir situation earlier this week, was prevented from travelling to Geneva

Sometimes, just a short history lesson suffices

Khan also appeared to back Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in the presidential race

Hijab stores in Germany have been making headlines after reports that they serve as stepping stones to extremism

Soldiers have often been accused of human rights abuses in Myanmar's long-running wars with ethnic armed groups

Sales of halal food have been surging in the United States

The typhoon made landfall in Xiamen early Thursday packing winds of around 170 kilometres per hour

Spokesperson for Oracle in India said no one was available to comment on the incident

During his roughly 45-minute speech before the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Khan did not mention Trump by name

Over the last 12 years, the number of Drukpa nuns has grown to 500 from 30

Syrians made up 28 percent of the 2015 arrivals, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR

Fish provide 17 percent of the animal protein consumed in the world, now home to more than seven billion people

The anti-mass immigration party won 3.8 million votes, or 12.6 percent, in the 2015 general election

The violence prompted the mayor of the village to ban the Islamic burkini swimsuit

Most material he stole from the NSA was not about invasions of privacy, but revealed intelligence and defense programs

Both officers were taken to an area hospital and likely to survive

Recall underway in10 countries after reports of faulty batteries that caused some handsets to explode during charging

Former secretary of state, 68, signalled she was raring to go, delivering a speech to students at a university in NC

The recall involves 1.4 million vehicles in the US

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says it did not know whether it was Syrian regime or Russian warplanes

Youths hurled makeshift firebombs on the fringes of marches against the law that will make hiring and firing easier

Incident is the latest in a string of shootings of African Americans by police that have fuelled protests and debate

About 20 women set sail for the Gaza Strip in the latest attempt to break a crippling blockade imposed by Israel

The White House promises to veto the measure; there are currently about 60 prisoners at the base

Tariq Karra also steps down from his Peoples Democratic Party, accuses PDP of being a collaborator of RSS

The survey found Clinton has just a two-point edge (46 to 44 per cent) over her Republican rival

Prominent Indonesian gay rights activist Dede Oetomo accuses the government of seeking to 'create fear in society'

Debris found on Pemba Island, is the latest piece of wreckage to be linked to the Malaysia Airlines jet

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Reconstruction is based on studies of a spectacular fossil from China, preserved with skin and pigments intact

Pictures taken last year show that even Mark Zuckerberg covers the webcam on his MacBook Pro

The US Department of Veterans Affairs has since 2014 offered specialised transgender training for its medical staff

Collis who recently converted to Islam, is still serving as British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia