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The Muslim-majority nation has become a theater of rivalry between its traditional partner, India, and China

Female foreign ministers meeting held for the first summit of its kind

Rouhani accuses US-backed Gulf Arab states of providing support for anti-government ethnic Arab groups

US immigrants who get public benefits like food stamps or housing vouchers could be denied green cards

Rail link is a multi-billion dollar project that critics assert gives away part of Hong Kong's territory to Beijing

The shooting killed 25 people, almost half of them members of the country's Revolutionary guards

The US administration holds that government change in Tehran is not US policy

United States and European Union express deep concern over Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen's actions

Catholics recognise pope as head of church, while China's officially atheist government does not recognise the pope

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blames Iran's pro-US rivals for the recent attacks

Five priests from Kerala are recently arrested after sexual assault allegations surfaced against them

Event organisers cite political pressure reason behind snub

Proposals to raise the state pension age to 60 for women and 65 for men has led to a number of protests

Announcement has come a day after China called on the United States to withdraw the sanctions or bear the consequences

It has been a century marked by your bearing numerous trials and suffering; martyrdom, says Pope Francis

Three of the attackers have died at the scene while a fourth has been arrested and later succumbed to his wounds

More than 3,000 cholera cases have been recorded in the states of Yobe and Borno

Troops cordon off areas, launch door-to-door searches

Beijing defends arms trade with Moscow, says it is 'a normal act of cooperation'

After the British foreign minister, Jeremy Hunt, shows his concern

'Women are key to finding solutions to the political, economic and social challenges facing our societies'

The pontiff will spend two days in predominantly Catholic Lithuania before moving on to Latvia and then Estonia

Divers were searching for survivors in the sunken wreck of an overcrowded ferry that capsized on Lake Victoria

'Kabul determined to participate in Moscow meeting'

Catholic Church is facing sexual abuse scandals in the United States, Chile, Australia, Germany and other countries

Most were rescued by the Lebanese army but at least one child drowned

The family also shows gratitude to King Norodom Sihamoni for showing compassion

Chinese embassy terms 'news' baseless, distorted

New Delhi had put pressure on Dassault to choose Reliance, former French president claims

A wave of violence linked to drug cartels has led to missing persons in the country rising to more than 36,000

Current predictions are that humans will reach Mars in the coming decades

Anti-government Arab group claims responsibility for attack

Iran has suggested in recent weeks that it could take military action in the Gulf

Assault victims respond on Twitter with hashtag #WhyIDidn'tReport

Reasons cited for cancellation entirely unconvincing, spokesperson says

Mario Gomez is the latest victim in a wave of violence against the press in Mexico

Rosenstein made the remark sarcastically says a Justice Department spokesperson

Foreign minister will present nation's stance on bevy of issues

On October 7, Brazil will go to the polls to choose a new president

Meteorologists reported gusts whipped up to around 190 kilometers per hour

UN Security Council unanimously passed a resolution aiming to toughen UN response to peacekeeper misconduct

China will not send vice-premier Liu He to Washington next week

Hollande says France given no choice in Dassault deal with Reliance for Rafale fighter jets

3.5 million people may soon be added to eight million Yemenis already facing starvation

Referendum would remove wording in the constitution referring to a woman's place as 'in the home'

WHO warns that outside of Europe, alcohol consumption continues to rise especially in Asia

Yemen is in its worst humanitarian crisis with an estimated 10,000 people killed and millions at risk of starvation

One of the shooting victims had also been beheaded and the attackers had also burnt 55 houses

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were joined by Meghan's mum Doria Ragland at an event in London

Hat in question is of stovepipe variety that adorned the head of Abraham Lincoln recognised for his fashion sense