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Ethiopian prime minister says elections due in 2020 should not be delayed until reforms he has announced are completed

Robert Mugabe's successor Mnangagwa of ruling ZANU-PF party won July 30 election with 50.8 per cent

Pope Francis expresses "pain and shame" over Catholic Church's failure to deal with abuse

Years of sexual abuse scandals have shattered credibility of Church as moral leader in Ireland

US senator John McCain from Arizona was battling glioblastoma which is an aggressive brain cancer

Lawmakers hope change will let police focus on fighting more serious crimes

Eight people have also been wounded, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack

The Islamic Republic currently has the capacity to produce 1,000 megawatts of nuclear electricity

At least 23 people detained, with protesters seen grabbed by the police and roughly taken away into waiting vans

Pilgrim's mother shifted to hospital upon learning of incident

Russian emergency services sent a Mi-8 helicopter hours of examination have not found the remaining crew members

Beijing hit back at Trump's capricious accusations says it has lodged an official diplomatic complaint over comments

The rights of the Palestinian people are not for sale says Hanan Ashrawi, a member (PLO) executive committee

Italy to pull funding for EU as compensatory measure if bloc does not immediately help relocate the 150 migrants

Vardkar talks about multiple abuse scandals in Ireland, calling them "stains" on the Catholic Church

More marches, gatherings planned across what became the world’s biggest refugee camp, activists told

Qatar-based channel awaits a response to their appeal made to the Indian government for resumption of broadcasts

Harvard graduate was asked to reveal menstrual pad as part of 'intrusive' screening process

A year since fleeing an army crackdown that the United Nations has called “a textbook example of ethnic cleansing”

He also said that nobody would keep Turkey from reaching its 2023, 2053 and 2071 targets

The vote left the nation polarized, with Nelson Chamisa who leads MDC, mounting the legal challenge

Police opened fire on protesters demanding action over the rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl

The group of mostly women and children were abducted by IS during a massive July 25 assault

Her phone contained photographs of her “in a state of undress” as well as private communication with her lawyer.

Moon says economic recovery was intact because of robust exports growth and moderate increases in household income

Manam Island is one of the Pacific nation’s most active volcanoes and is home to roughly 9,000 people

A suicide attacker killed at least three people on Saturday by detonating explosives

The action freezes their access to the US financial system

Hurricane Lane, now downgraded to a tropical storm, crawled toward the island state

Incident started during the night in the hotel in Harbin, capital of the northeastern Heilongjiang province

Growing numbers are fleeing economic meltdown and political turmoil

Drill part of counter-terror training being held in Russia, China also participating in Peace Mission 2018

Hook said foreign aid from European taxpayers perpetuates government's ability to neglect needs of its people

Morrison shares with Trump the story of Australian soldier Leslie Allen as a symbol of 100 years of mateship

Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army also condemned Myanmar's military responsible for the crackdown last year

Trump’s statement came just a day after Pompeo said he would again visit North Korea

A tropical depression has been dumping torrential rain in central and southern Taiwan

Argentina's Senate voted down a bill to decriminalize abortion on August 9

Three retired military officers were also sentenced to four years of prison

More than three-quarters of the Irish population flocked to see Pope John Paul II in 1979

Pope Francis is due to arrive in Ireland on Saturday for a historic two-day visit

Relations between US administration and the Palestinian Authority has taken a nosedive after Trump

At least 22 children and four women were killed in an attack Thursday while fleeing fighting in Al-Durayhimi district

America’s Pakistan policy shows Trump administration lacks geostrategic thinking at highest levels

Four children have also been killed in a separate air strike in Al-Durayhimi district

All countries should join the efforts to restore sanctions on Iran says the Israeli premier Netanyahu

Citizens need to realise that we are looking at major hurricane impacts and things are going to break says

Talib also serves as a judge in Makkah

Says sportsmen build bridges and are respected on both sides

The EU is a community of rules and it operates on the basis of rules, not threats