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The head of MI5 says militants are planning mass casualty attacks

Ensaf Haidar believes that the award is a message to Saudi authorities exhibiting Raif's innocence

Experts say with concerns over the long-term health of 79-year-old Salman, jockeying for influence has intensified

Decision to allow all couples to have 2 children comes after Communist Party's 4-day meet to chart economic growth

The video posted by MTV, shows a satirical take on the repercussions of banning beef in India

The inquiry aims to shed light on every aspect of Britain's involvement with Iraq from 2001 to 2009

His owners amused themselves by teaching him to smoke cigarettes and giving him alcohol

Despite concerns from rights activists, a convicted Pakistani drug trafficker was executed on Tuesday

Nadia Menaz, who suffered from depression, was already married and had a three-year-old daughter

Fan Changlong will visit in the middle of November

Never-before-seen photos shed light on what was going on behind the scenes in wake of September 11 terrorist attacks

European Space Agency is joining hands with Russia in its ambitious plan to colonise the moon

Police spokesperson Micky Rosenfeld confirms death of 24-year-old attacker

Modi says the UN and other global institutions risked becoming irrelevant

Naseer, 29, was born in Peshawar and came from a well-educated family.

Move comes after organisation makes Walmart remove racist costumes from its Halloween store

Residents of Baghdad neighbourhoods spend nights bailing rain mixed with sewage water from ground floor of their homes

Group says in total six hospitals were forced to close and four ambulances destroyed

Modi said no one had contributed less to global warming than India and Africa

The project is aimed at delivering internet connections to remote or impoverished areas worldwide

Police chief says Abu Qasim was the most-wanted militant in Kashmir

US retailer takes action after heavy criticism from Arab civil rights organisations and social media users

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is fighting back, desperate to restore his absolute grip on power

To kill a terrorist is to turn a bug in a democracy into a clash of civilisations, it is to make him eternal

Rugged terrain, severed communication lines and unstable security situation have impeded relief efforts since disaster

A drink with all the nutrients a body needs, and can be stored in powder form for several months is ideal for the poor

Prisoners were electrically shocked, beaten with hoses, smothered with plastic bags until they lost consciousness

Moscow's Lefortovo court rules that Varvara Karaulova be detained behind bars until December 23

Operations were conducted over the provinces of Idlib, Homs, Hama, Aleppo, Damascus and Latakia

Abbas called on the UN 'more urgently than any time before' for immediate and urgent protection of Palestinian people

Migrants interviewed on Austria-Slovenia border share pictures of people and possessions they left behind

Assad said terrorism was 'the main cause of the suffering of the Syrian people'

Endless procession has overwhelmed nations along migrant trail through Balkans prompting Hungary to seal its borders

Bidhya Bhandari, the vice-chair of the ruling Communist Party of Nepal replaces Ram Baran Yadav

Mohammad Javad Zarif will join international talks this week aimed at ending the four-year conflict

US has admitted about 1,500 refugees since 2011, while Europe is struggling with an influx of hundreds of thousands

The kidnappers had demanded a ransom of US$9 million to be paid in virtual currency bitcoins

Facebook to also roll out new feature making it easier to talk to people you're not friends with

Arab MP says Israel does not control who is banned from entering the mosque

Local media says the boy was found strangled, with hand-shaped bruises around his neck, inside his bedroom

Critics say Erdogan has become increasingly authoritarian since becoming president in August 2014

Indian government says no foreigners can avail surrogacy services in India, it is only for Indian couples

Just beginning a business venture? Here are a few tips from the two of world's the highest profile billionaires

Reports say wedges and flip-flops are also prohibited in school fearing they could hamper swift evacuation

To get to the bottom of why, we need to define what makes someone happy or unhappy in the first place

India is Facebook’s second biggest market after the US with about 130 million of its 1.5 billion worldwide users

There isn't much respect in Nepal -- we are considered as workers, not artists said Shilpakar

Muslim students walked out during national anthem out of respect for Muharram

Officials say fighters seized control of district capital of Darqand in Takhar province

Communities worst exposed to toxic smog are becoming increasingly frustrated at authorities in Jakarta