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Comedy festival highlights a broader reform push by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

A single 'out of Africa' migration history for early humans does not hold true anymore, new study reveals

Eyes on Crown Princess Masako in role as empress

The Tomioka Hachimangu shrine has a close link with sumo and the emperor and empress visited in 2012

Statistics vary depending on the discipline: the economics prize has been by far the most unattainable for women

Four major fires in the Los Angeles area have forced 200,000 people to flee and destroyed hundreds of homes

Jerusalem is home to sites holy to Muslims, Jews and Christians

Says success means diverse races, ethnicities, religions coming together

Says it was power of vote that gave the Constitution, CPEC and motorways to the country

"Salvator Mundi" - dated to around 1500 - is the last known Da Vinci in the hands of a private collector

Some protesters threw rocks at soldiers and others chanted: Death to America

Tawaji performed to packed audience at cavernous King Fahd Cultural Centre

Rear Admiral Rizvi says terror threat transcends national boundaries which requires united response from stakeholders

An Israeli siren phone app sounded that rockets were fired at Israel at various locations near the Gaza Strip

Rajasthan home minister says suspect Shambhu Lal, a Hindu extremist, has been arrested

On June 5, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt severed all diplomatic and economic ties with Qatar

Attack took place amidst deepening Islamophobia in Poland

He was arrested last year while still a minister, allegedly caught red-handed in a sting operation

Failure to progress talks in December would mean terms of transition period could be delayed

Case of 10-year-old rape victim has made headlines for weeks globally

Israeli military reinforce troops in West Bank as UN Security Council is expected to meet to discuss issue on Friday

Known as the "French Elvis", Hallyday, 74, lost his long battle with lung cancer on Wednesday

Hundreds of activists in China have been detained in the past five years while internet censorship has intensified

Some in the opposition say flexibility on Assad's fate is not a viable option to break stalemate

Qatar also signed a letter of intent for the purchase of 490 VBCI armoured vehicles from Nexter

Macron said France's colonial past was crime against humanity

Large numbers of Israeli troops were preparing at the Qalandia checkpoint between Jerusalem and the northern West Bank

Michael Wolfe, 37, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to criminal mischief to a place of worship

Erdogan is also expected to visit Thrace in northern Greece, where there is a Muslim minority

Diphtheria is a bacterial infection that spreads through close physical contact or through the air and can be fatal

Under Kenyan law, treason is punishable by death

Italy had argued the practice of 'pizzaiuolo' was part of the country's cultural and gastronomic tradition

Taliban spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahed, didn’t respond to multiple calls for comment

President Donald Trump on Wednesday recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital

Firefighters battled to save multimillion-dollar homes in the path of the flames

Erdogan also called leaders in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Malaysia earlier in the day

Agbal said Ankara would do whatever was needed to protect the interests of its banks

Australians had overwhelmingly endorsed legalising same-sex marriage in a postal survey

War has become 'established fact': North's foreign ministry

Nepal emerged from a civil war in 2006 and abolished its 239-year-old Hindu monarchy two years later

Saudi Arabia imposed blockade on Yemen's ports after a Huthi missile was fired toward Riyadh airport on November 4

Cambodia's only deep water port first stop on belt and road

ICG study said fresh sanctions on Myanmar would backfire by isolating country and calcifying hatred towards Rohingya

Idleness and isolation have dulled the spirits of a people whose ancestors were feared cattle rustlers

Warning comes a day after regulators in Beijing drafted new rules to strengthen bank funding

The roughly 700 bears remain delisted, paving the way for trophy hunting

Finding such a large black hole existing so early in the universe’s history surprised the researchers

Trump overturned decades of US policy by announcing that Washington recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel

Many see US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital as an incendiary move in a volatile region

Modi thrusts himself in crucial state election campaign