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I'm convinced that one must never converse with Satan – if you do that, you'll be lost, says pontiff

Election in Gujarat is seen as litmus test for Modi ahead of a national election in 2019

Activists say very few cases of sexual harassment reported to police in industry

Navalny is ineligible to stand due to fraud conviction in case seen by supporters as politically motivated

Xia has been under police watch without charges since her husband was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010

Security at Christmas markets has been beefed up this year with guards and concrete blocks

Mnangagwa, 75, became leader of the southern African nation last month

Egypt's aviation minister to sign agreements to resume the flights to Russia that were suspended

Police are conducting an investigation and have said charges may be brought against individuals or organisations

Guterres said the international community should do everything possible to secure the journalists' release

A surgery starts at $1,000 and an X-ray or ultrasound at $110

Gusty Santa Ana winds forecast to whip up to 80 kph

The trio's departure has reduced to just three the crew of the ISS, a $100 billion lab that flies 400 km above Earth

Campaigned to stop 'love jihad'

The United Nations, Amnesty International and Mexican human rights organizations have all criticized the bill

More than $2.6 billion will be used to support projects and $3.7 billion to support construction technology

Prosecutors said Teodora Vasquez strangled the baby after it was born in 2007

Local ambulance service said they had moved the bodies of 13 victims as well as 15 injured people

Haider's family has not been able to talk to Ullah since the failed bombing

Tillerson offered direct talks without preconditions

Court narrowly rejects petition to make extramarital sex illegal

The exhibit has apparently caused a stir at the Pentagon

Myanmar’s government said on Wednesday that police had arrested two Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo

Nils Melzer sees a clear violation of Convention against Torture which is sending a dangerous message

Turkey, China and Egypt account for more than 50% of the journalists arrested

Kaci Sullivan, 30, is believed to be the first person to ever give birth living as both a woman as well as a man

Prime minister says Kashmir facing similar tragedy in scope and scale

OIC summit declares Trump's decision 'null and void legally' and 'a deliberate undermining of all peace efforts'

Former colonial power France is fighting against militants in West Africa

The victim and two friends had been seen partying, using drugs and hanging out with prostitutes

The women receive weapons training and learn tactics and logistical and navigational skills at the academy

To maximise survival chances, keepers retrieved the egg and incubated it until it hatched in October

Moore's been embroiled in controversy since allegations of child molestation surfaced against him

Tech lawyer: China's social credit system is example of dystopian future that India may be headed towards with Aadhaar

Three further strikes damaged two other prison buildings and the perimeter wall

Peskov said that Washington's change of tone chimed with Russia's repeated calls in response to NK's nuclear programme

Analysts: North Korea's latest missiles have a range that can reach all of the mainland United States

Pact, known as PESCO, to be binding

After buying the needles, unscrupulous dog dealers would target pet dogs, then abduct them

Amber, fossilized tree resin, has provided a remarkable window into the past

Women also account for some 80 per cent of four million workers in the country's 4,500 textile plants

Hun Sen has shrugged off criticism from the West

Wednesday's blaze started at around 1:18 am when two electric bicycles caught fire

Israel captured Arab East Jerusalem in the 1967 war and later annexed it in an action not recognised internationally

Opponents say martial law illegal if no rebellion, invasion

Lopez Obrador said he would not accept "racist, hegemonic or arrogant attitudes" from the US government

Efforts to combat the flames, which have displaced more than 94,000 people, have cost more than $48 million

Saudi Arabia pledges $100 million, seeks influence in region

This comes after US President on Monday directed NASA to send Americans to the Moon for the first time since 1972

There were no reports of casualties on either side