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'You have to have sensible regulations and your bureaucracy needs to be streamlined and effective' John Kerry says

Two senior regime officers reported to have been killed

State's earlier definition of parent had become "unworkable" given today's increasingly varied family relationships

Allen described herself as a devout Christian woman whose faith compels her to cover her hair in public

The progress report was the second on Operation Honour, a military program to tackle the issue started in 2015

The new law stipulates that provincial governors will be authorised to issue permits to build churches

She has won praise from investors for bringing about digital transformation at the 210-year-old bank

Romania’s domestic intelligence agency says man was involved in spreading propaganda online for Pakistani...

It is suspected that a far-Right group is responsible for the vandalism

Duterte, who is nicknamed "the Punisher", has been unapologetic over unleashing the police on drug users and dealers

Police found the bodies after rushing to the facility to rescue people who were trapped because of flooding

The ministry said two other senior officials had to undergo re-education sessions

"I'm not scared," she said, her eyes flashing as she thumped her hand on the desk in her office

Sudden international trip by US presidential candidate would be a logistical and security nightmare

Media reports said the suspect threatened to shoot police and turn the gun on himself during the overnight standoff

It is the first major environmental meeting of global leaders since the Paris climate talks last year

US currently has among the world's highest incarceration rates

The truce is between the Jarablus Military Council and Turkey

Merkel has faced criticism in Germany for launching her policies of welcoming refugees a year ago

Amaq news agency says Sheikh Adnani martyred while surveying operations to repel military campaigns against Aleppo

Canadian Joshua Boyle and his American wife Caitlan Coleman were kidnapped in Afghanistan in 2012 during trip

The editor of Hurriyet daily is among nine current and former journalists arrested in Istanbul

"We are concerned about a unilateral approach," said White House spokesperson Josh Earnest

We will not and cannot make distinctions between good and bad terrorists, says US secretary of state

Lochte, 32, is among 13 celebrities to sign up for the popular television show

These incidents have nothing to do with freedom of the press, says Palestinian govt spokesperson

Captain since August 2014, Rooney has also been England's record goal-scorer with 53 goals

Thick black smoke billowed from the top 20 floors of the almost-completed commercial building in the UAE's capital

They were the second set of Bangladeshi workers to be jailed under a Singaporean law against terrorist financing

We look at 13 pictur­es from events around the world

Under an agreement, Tokyo offered apology and a total of $8.5 million to the victims of wartime sexual slavery

Sandy Phan-Gillis, from Houston, Texas, was arrested in March 2015 and had been held without charges since then

'Plants will become less thirsty as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere rises' Researchers say

Israel regularly destroys the homes of Palestinians accused of attacks as part of efforts to deter future violence

Spokesman for the UN rights office also decried the manner in which the anti-burkini decrees have been implemented

Two UN agencies had partnered up with the Syria Trust charity, spending a total of $8.5 million

Calls for search engine to be boycotted

Last month, at least eight people were killed when two huge bombs went off near Mogadishu’s airport

Talks are likely to be overshadowed by arguments over everything from territorial disputes to protectionism

Iran has a broadly progressive attitude to modern medicine, and some of the most advanced facilities in Middle East

Illinois officials said last month that they shut down their state's voter registration after a hack

Turkey began talks about joining the European Union in 2005 but has made little progress

According to International Organization for Migration around 105,000 migrants have reached Italy by boat in 2016

The firm could be ordered to pay back taxes to Ireland

A high resolution X-ray CT study of Lucy, indicates she suffered fractures to her right humerus

White House says Obama would meet the firebrand leader on the sidelines of a summit in Laos

The minister's comments have been widely rapped

Dinesh and Tarakeshwari Rathod, both police constables, said they reached the top of Everest on May 23

Tantaros in her lawsuit says she was taken off the air in April in retaliation for rebuffing Roger Ailes' advances

The setbacks have raised serious doubts that it will be achieved by the end of the year as hoped