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Amin died in exile in Saudi Arabia in 2003 where he is buried and had lived since being overthrown in 1979

Iran has also sent officers to help in the fight against IS militants in Syria

A Japanese whaling fleet set sail for the Antarctic despite environmentalists slamming move as "crime against nature"

Turkish Foreign Minister calls on Tehran to refrain from 'allegations and slander'

Foreign ministry says Syria strongly condemns this flagrant aggression by US-led coalition forces

Two men read out passages from the Bible telling people it is the Quran and the results are extraordinary

Social media users ask whether Xu's death —months before his scheduled release —could have been more than coincidence

An interfaith service was held at the Islamic Community Centre for the victims of the mass shooting in California

Kremlin's special envoy to Afghanistan says Americans should take care of supplies as they are there with NATO forces

Government says, Australia will introduce an entrepreneur visa and offer tax breaks for start-ups

Malik, 29, studied at the Al-Huda Institute in Multan, teacher at the seminary who gave her name only as Muqadas said

Syrian opposition groups gather in Saudi Arabia to unify stance ahead of talks with the regime of Bashar al-Assad

Tashfeen's uncle says, 'she has dishonoured Pakistan' and that 'such people should be punished'

German carrier insists the safety of the plane had not been threatened

Iraq asks Turkey to leave or face all available options including recourse to the UN Security Council

The launch is Orbital's fourth scheduled mission to deliver necessities to the astronauts living in space

Opec is finding that intensifying battle for market share is driving it further apart

Investigators believe the weapons cache collected by the couple points to more attacks

After two militants involved in the Paris attacks came through a Greek island, Athens faces scrutiny over screening

Republican presidential contenders slam Obama for pushing stricter gun laws while failing to tackle extremism

British police charge 29-year-old man with attempted murder after stabbing attack in London Underground train station

Syed Farook's father says he was obsessed by Israel and al-Baghdadi's ideas for creating the Islamic State

The atrocity in France drew immediate comparisons with events in Mumbai in 2008

US president says San Bernardino massacre was evidence of an 'evolving' and increasingly homegrown threat

The 91-year-old Nobel peace laureate and global humanitarian recently had a tumor from his liver removed

Dressed in a prison-issued uniform, one-time playboy looked straight ahead showing no emotions as hearing got underway

The US-led coalition has been targeting IS in Syria since last September

Thousands of residents have been rescued in Tamil Nadu as last week rains and flooding claimed nearly 300 lives

In the three years since the justices last heard the case, legal battles over admissions have intensified

Tension has been rising in Bangladesh since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina launched a crackdown on militants

Meeting comes after Nawaz-Modi huddle during COP 21 climate change summit in Paris

Hashtag was inspired by an eyewitness to the attack at Leytonstone station who shouted at the suspect

Merkel's deputy accuses the preaching associated with Wahhabi thought of inspiring extremists

Turkish president says he had warned his Iranian counterpart over some Iranian media reports

Award-winning photojournalist Magnus Wennman captures stories of refugee children

Syrian president says Cameron's strategy would make the situation worse, not better

First projections are expected at 1900 GMT

Jayalalithaa is being heckled and abused for going missing in action after floods swept in her Chennai constituency

Taliban source says group is buying time to select new leader and bring their organisation out of this "sudden...

'Yes, we are of course looking at building a relationship' with Islamic State, ICRC Director-General told AFP

Jerry Falwell Jr urges students of Liberty University to get their permits to carry concealed weapons

Thousands of residents have been rescued by boat or plucked from rooftops after floods left much of Chennai underwater

Muslim Americans take to Twitter to express their disgust at media's 'Islamophobia'

The loot is estimated to be worth around $2 billion

Security sources say several members of his entourage also died in the attack in Tawahi

Iran and Russia want him to stay in power until elections are held, while Western and Arab powers say he must go

Popeye for his part was sentenced to 30 years and released last year on parole, nearly seven years early

In recent years, millions of starfish, have had their legs curl up and pull away from their bodies

Uruguay became the first country to legalise the cultivation and distribution of marijuana in late 2013

The teenager was arrested after an altercation between the brewery's security officer and a suspect