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Eighteen others also injured in fire that broke out at a battery factory in Peeragarhi district

Kashmiris to observe India Republic Day as black day, says president

Will serve for five years in the largely ceremonial role

Krefeld Zoo was festooned with candles and photos of the dead apes on Thursday

He was among eight senior officers who died when their Black Hawk helicopter smashed into mountains

Last month, Roylan Hernandez-Diaz, 53, a Cuban, died of an apparent suicide while in ICE custody in Louisiana

Authorities said an investigation of the incident was underway, and the victims were being identified

On Tuesday, hundreds of Hashed supporters stormed the high-security Green Zone and besieged the US embassy

Catastrophic blazes ripped through the country's south-east on New Year's Eve, killing at least eight people

Decision comes a day after protesters stormed American mission’s outer perimeter

Image of Francis slapping his way free from the clutches of the admirer was an instant hit on social media

Chimpanzees, orangutans, a gorilla, bats and birds were among the animals who died at Krefeld Zoo

Trump accused Iran of 'orchestrating' storming of the US embassy in Baghdad

Assaults target vulnerable checkpoints in at least three northern provinces

Electricity was switched off in hundreds of waterlogged neighbourhoods across Jakarta, home to about 30 million

Wildlife park was also threatened though zoo keepers and firefighters managed to save all 200 animals

One woman was hit in the face with a projectile according to local media reports, and several arrests were made

US President Donald Trump says that Iran will pay a very big price

Around 750 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division are prepared to deploy over the next several days says Mark Esper

He gave no sign that he would back down on the plan, saying the pension reform will be carried out

The world celebrates 2020 with fireworks, family and friends

The Express Tribune looks at five social movements that caused ripples across the globe in the last 10 years

Libya has been mired in conflict since a NATO-backed uprising in 2011 toppled and killed dictator Moamer Kadhafi

Special PIA flight arranged to bring illegal immigrants back: Foreign Office

Iraqi supporters of pro-Iran factions protest at the embassy on Tuesday, chanting 'Death to America'

Fear, anxiety in Uttar Pradesh as families allege police barged into homes after anti-citizenship law protest

Bangladesh shares a 4,000-kilometre border with India and the shutdown would affect some 10 million mobile phone users

A huge crowd gathered in Auckland and Wellington amid fireworks and celebrations

The attacks came as Iraq is caught up in mounting tensions between its allies Tehran and Washington

It is struggling to contain a militant insurgency which has killed thousands, inflamed ethnic tensions

Says it affects the security, stability of Iraq

US ambassador to Iraq and other staff evacuated as thousands outside gate denounced US air strikes

Bus skidded off the road, plunged 12 metres deep into the canyon

Recurrent droughts are the main threat to the 80 kilometre-long canal between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans

Morales stands accused of sedition, terrorism and is now living in exile in Argentina

Police will deploy more than 6,000 officers to deal with potential unrest over the New Year’s period

The blast targeted a convoy of Turkish, Somali forces

At least 25 fighters were killed in Sunday night's attacks against a pro-Iran group

Some residents took to the sea hoping for refuge from one of the worst days

Five people are still missing after the storm, which also left 143 injured

An average of two people die every day on the roads of Bangalore

There have been nine confirmed casualties this bushfire season

Six people died when their car skidded off the road, plunged into a canal

Despite being legally recognised as a third gender in a 2014 SC ruling, many are forced into prostitution, begging

India recently amended army, navy and air force rules by adding a clause that allows CDS to serve up to the age of 65

It was a bad idea, putting herself out there with all hate on social media, says Svante Thunberg

New Delhi and surrounding parts of the country are regularly shrouded by haze that hits each winter

Move comes as Modi-led government faces internal troubles over controversial anti-Muslim bill

The statement comes as local and global forces brace for another bloody winter amid renewed US-Taliban talks

Sydney and other major cities have been shrouded in toxic bushfire smoke haze for weeks