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Taliban claims responsibility in email statement sent to media

US judge reverses order preventing nurse from visiting places, demanding that she keeps three feet away from others

Decline reflects the end of military operations in Iraq in 2011 and the drawdown in Afghanistan

Fierce clashes in and around Kobane have killed about 100 IS fighters in the past three days

The outage marked "the first time the country has been without power since 2007"

Authorities initially estimated the number of presumed dead at 300 and then reduced the toll to 100 three days ago

Boko Haram was holding upwards of 500 women and young girls, says Human Rights Watch Report

Analysts believe Ankara can mediate between Islamabad and Kabul

Reyhaneh Jabbari was hanged in Tehran's Evin prison for the murder of man she said had tried to rape her

Closure prompted Palestinian president to condemn the move as an Israeli ‘declaration of war’

Witnesses say three men left bags packed with explosives among the buses

Security officials estimate that there are currently around 500 British nationals fighting in Syria and Iraq

Washington leads the international drive to stop the spread of the disease that has killed nearly 5,000 people

US Navy Seal to share details of mission preparation and al Qaeda chief’s last moments

Indian passengers from New Delhi were flying to Saudi Arabia with a stopover in Pakistan

Demonstrators earlier forced the govt to scrap a vote on controversial plans to allow Compaore to extend his reign

a surge of violence forced the government to scrap a vote on allowing President Compaore to extend his 27-year rule

The announcement came amid intensifying efforts to conclude a definitive pact.

Muhammad Aqeeq Ansari, a 30-year-old software designer, arrested on Monday

The Bank has marshalled some $500 million to help battle the disease

Four BJP leaders, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Vice President Hamid Ansari have also been invited

Cook has never previously acknowledged his sexual orientation

WHO says more than 125 million women have been mutilated in 29 countries in Africa and Middle East

Compound closed to all visitors following the shooting of a Jewish hardliner

Private Yoon died on April 6 and investigators concluded death was caused by "crush syndrome"

US envoy says more resources are needed

Hundreds of troops claw through tonnes of mud that buried tin-roofed homes at a tea plantation

Foreign minister says it is an important step that confirms Palestinians' right to self-determination

DG ISPR alleges militants sheltering in Kunar, Nuristan carrying out attacks.

Pakistani-Briton Ayan Qureshi attained the certification at the age of five years 11 months

Pakistan secured 181 out of 193 votes

This funding will help rebuild the 65 schools damaged during the recent conflict

Disaster management minister says rescue operations have been suspended because of darkness and inclement weather

Foreign ministry condemns earlier killing; urges India to restrain its security forces from firing on civilians

Defendant fined $54,500, to be deported after serving sentence

Orbital's unmanned Cygnus cargo ship was carrying 5,000 pounds of supplies for 6 astronauts living at research outpost

Principals at more than 2,000 schools in Kashgar sign pledge to 'defend schools against the infiltration of religion'

Motiur Rahman Nizami, 71, found guilty of murder, rape and looting during Bangladesh's 1971 war

Dan Feldman advises Islamabad, New Delhi to engage in dialogue.

Since 2008, Pakistan executed only a couple of prisoners while more than 8,000 prisoners are on death row

ISPR says Pakistani forces responded effectively to Indian firing

Modi’s ambition of putting India into big league can only happen if it's at peace with neighbours, internally stable

Malala becomes the first Nobel Peace Prize winner to be awarded the World's Children's Prize

Indian police say the militants were Bangladeshis and were using India as a safe haven to plan the attacks

Israel pledged to build more than 1,000 new settler homes in east Jerusalem on Monday

Scientists fingered two genes which can cause a "substantially higher frequency" in violent offenders.

Xi's "vision" for the continent had opened "not just a new chapter for Asia, but an entirely new book", says Ghani

According to official handout, Cameron invited PM Nawaz via phone on Tuesday

Three other Pakistanis found guilty of heroin smuggling have also been beheaded this month

The last British combat troops in Afghanistan were airlifted out of Camp Bastion on Monday