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Opened in October 2018, the train is transporting passengers between Makkah and Medina

Fires are used as a cheap way to clear agricultural land in Indonesia every year during the dry season

Tensions have spiked between Iran and Saudi Arabia since the devastating attack on Saudi oil installations

Concerned authorities step in with incentives and regulations to revive the crucial sector

In one of the largest solidarity marches in Australia since Hong Kong's latest pro-democracy movement began in June

Body of Thitima Noraphanpiphat was left in the lobby of a Bangkok apartment building by a male model

Activists vandalise subway stations and tear down banners proclaiming the upcoming 70th-anniversary celebrations

Amid growing bitterness towards India, farmers in IOK are deliberately sabotaging a crop vital to local economy

Officials deny the renewed email effort has any political motivation

With the exception of North Korea, they have all however, opened up to a market economy

Taliban fighters attacked several polling stations across the country to try to derail the process

The Southeast Asian archipelago is one of the most disaster-prone nations on Earth

The bus was carrying 69 people

Turkey hosts the most Syrian refugees in the world at 3.6 million

Crowds began heckling officers, shouting slogans such as "corrupt cops" and "triads"

Authorities say bodyguard was killed in dispute with a friend

Two women injured, rushed to hospital

He says the impeachment investigation is a witch hunt

Predictions of coexistence dissipate with expectations rising instead of a long-term, globe-spanning rivalry

Around 300 protesters faced off with police

As rival forces are deadlocked south of Tripoli

350 Movement calls out big fossil fuel companies for profiting at the expense of the planet

Boris Johnson gathers his Conservative party before an election

Former presidential candidate says govt has an obligation to provide safe health services to women

Taliban cut off the fingers of at least six voters

Pakistan should know our capabilities, says Rajnath Singh

Chinese FM calls the matter a dispute left [unresolved] from the past in his UNGA speech

Malaysian PM says Kashmir dispute must be resolved through 'peaceful means'

The two leaders met on the sidelines of 74th UNGA session

'Believe me, many more people will see this selfie than will hear this speech'

Recounting harrowing stories protesters chant 'Stop male violence!'

Hundreds of Kashmiris protested against New Delhi following premier's speech

Adult film star who claimed to have an affair with Trump termed her arrest 'politically motivated'

Turkey throws away 26 million tons of food every year, says chair of advocacy group

Preliminary results are not expected before October 17

Malaysia is too small to face up to the Asian powerhouse, says Mahathir Mohamad

People littering, spitting, queue-jumping may also be fined

Gives no reason for his adventurous Skyper climb

Protests demand Israel to end the crippling blockade of the strip and allow Palestinians to return

10 photos of protests from around the world - including Switzerland, Mexico, Argentina etc

Protestors rejected a "truce" proposed by Moise in an address broadcast to the nation on Wednesday

Afghans heading towards the polling stations to cast votes

After being held off the port of Bandar Abbas for more than two months

Indian media focuses on the duration of the prime minister's speech

Any whistleblower must signal his or her complaint to the inspector general, who has 14 days to review it

Some 4,300 people were listed as dead, while nearly 60,000 people are still living in makeshift accommodation

Flash floods after heavy rains killed at least 17 people in western India's Maharashtra state earlier this week

The document listed "myths" and "facts"

Public support is growing for impeachment after the release of an anonymous whistleblower's complaint on Thursday

The White House on Wednesday put out a summary of a July 25 call with Ukraine's newly elected president