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Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev will be unable to attend event

Authorities find no grounds for fear of persecution based on the sexual orientation of the 18-year-old

Faruqi was also the first Muslim woman to make it to state parliament

Earlier on Wednesday, Abe sent a ritual offering to Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni Shrine for war dead

Kalin told a news conference that Turkey would exercise its rights if the US does not deliver F-35 jets to Ankara

The statue with silver inlay was one of 14 stolen from the Archaeological Survey of India site museum

14 people have been arrested so far for alleged assistance in the attack

The search for him had made headlines nationwide in Japan

Flights in and out of the Indian tourist hotspot of Kerala were cancelled for three days

The death toll from Greece's deadliest fire disaster rose to 96 after one more victim died in hospital

Rescuers scoured the wreckage of Italy's bridge collapse

Security forces were on patrol and no militants were in sight in the centre of the shattered city

Taiwan's independent status remains a bone of contention between Washington and Beijing

Israel allowed commercial goods back into the Gaza Strip on Wednesday

Xuecheng is a communist party member and abbot of the Beijing Longquan Monastery

Narendra Modi takes the stage to deliver an 80-minute long speech

A Taliban attack on a military outpost killed as many as 44 Afghan police and soldiers

A bus carrying travelers from Colombia and Venezuela crashed in Ecuador

Myanmar forces drove the Rohingyas into Bangladesh in a crackdown a year ago likened by the UN to ethnic cleansing

The astronaut would be 'carrying the national flag,' Modi said

Activists say intolerance towards the LGBT community has increased in recent years in Malaysia

Attorney general says it is the most comprehensive report on Catholic clergy sex abuse in American history

14 people are arrested and charged for allegedly taking part in the August 4 incident in which Maduro was attacked

Several offices of senior church figures are being raided as police search for evidence of sexual abuse by clergy

According to Swedish police, up to 100 cars are either set on fire or vandalized in Gothenburg

Relations between Turkey and United States remain soured by US pastor Andrew Brunson’s detention

London Assistant Commissioner says a man is detained on suspicion of terrorist offences and no weapons are found

More than 400 people are evacuated from buildings near or below the still-standing section of the bridge

Deputy transport minister warns death toll could climb further

Firing breaks out after row escalates between members of the presidential guard

If the United States have the iPhone, there's Samsung on the other side, says Erdogan

Prize worth about Dhs145,000 (approximately PKR4.8 million).

Police said they could not immediately determine whether the incident was terrorism-related

The UN said unverified reports put civilian casualties at more than 100 since the Taliban entered the city

Hundreds of people have been killed in violence in Xinjiang in recent years

The Indian rupee has been on a downward spiral throughout 2018 after starting the year at 63.67

Five worst cities to live in were Damascus followed by Dhaka, Lagos, Karachi and Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea

The Taliban attack in the north coincides with clashes in southeastern province of Ghazni

Manigault Newman releases the recording of a private conversation she had with the president after she was fired

Aquarius picked up 141 people in two separate operations half of them children

Despite fierce criticism of Keita, Cisse fails to rally the support of other parties

Amid outrage from UN officials, Riyadh continues to defend the raid as a “legitimate military action”

Trump signs $716 billion defence policy bill that authorizes military spending and controls on contracts with China

More than 2 million Palestinians are packed into Gaza Strip which is experiencing deep economic hardship

President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi says Cairo is committed to helping Yemen regain its security

Labour's Corbyn is wrestling accusations of anti-semitism for months despite apologising for it

There is no sign that the United States is prepared to negotiate with Turkey over Brunson

The short range ballistic missile successfully passed its tests

Tehran has recently seen widespread protests and strikes over hike in oil prices and unemployment

The man who stole the plane was identified as Richard Russell and was described as 'suicidal'