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The military says it has killed scores of Islamic State group extremists in the offensive

Police say behaviour is 'putting lives at risk by keeping call handlers from answering real emergencies'

There have been no previous official visits by members of the British royal family to the Palestinian Territories.

'We are backing Pakistan against all militant groups'

Mohammad Fadhl Akram, 73, and his wife Saghran Bibi have been evacuated to Damascus

Response by the insurgent group states Kabul Peace Process is simply aimed at seeking the 'surrender' of Taliban

New Delhi has sent a letter of request to Washington regarding a possible purchase of the defense item

"We wish to see peace in Afghanistan so we welcome its president’s proposal of dialogue with Taliban"

Despite a general agreement on enlarging the Council, member states remain sharply divided over the details

The teenager then shot Curtis Cheng in the back of the head outside the New South Wales police headquarters

Event underscores gulf between those who defend the US constitutional right to bear arms, and advocates of gun control

India continues to violate the 1974 Pakistan-India Protocol on Visits to Religious Shrines

The portrait of Tutu is a national icon in Nigeria, and of huge cultural significance

Bombardment quietened since the Kremlin ordered a daily "humanitarian pause" but no residents left home

A total of 180 teams belonging to 17 countries from around the world competed at the event

US State Department designated 7 Islamic State linked groups

'Thousands of migrant workers die in the Gulf yearly; this is the first time the wait for bodies is being discussed'

Lawmakers urge US withdrawal from the conflict

Although prostitution is illegal in Thailand, it is tolerated along with brothels

Proposed law prohibits anyone from taking videos or photographs of area of a terror attack

Revolutionary observations suggest first stars appeared 180m years after big bang, may hold information on dark matter

In 2016, similar move from US sparked protest from China as it saw US-Taiwan relations breaking One China policy

Gathering part of a broader deradicalisation push by authorities in the world’s biggest Muslim-majority country

Sunday’s vote more likely to result in a hung parliament than rather than a disruptive new government

women offered $180,000 to take off headscarves by law department

He surprised the court in a recent hearing appearing with his beard shaved off, showing remorse

New amendment will likely be approved at this month’s annual meeting of China’s largely rubber stamp parliament

Gereshk police chief Ismail Khplwak says the man is the 'military adviser of Taliban leader Mullah Nasir'

DFID has sharply criticised the aid sector and threatened to cut funding to charities tangled in the sex scandal

Newly passed law criminalises ill-treatment of women but fails to define domestic violence, outlaw marital rape

Working in Poland's Baltic port city of Gdansk, artists based their oil paintings on scenes shot on film with actors

Top UN officials for humanitarian aid and political affairs lash out at Security Council members over 'inaction'

Presence in Antarctica of plants proving resistant to extreme conditions has sparked hope for a warming planet

Spokesperson reiterated there is no military solution in Afghanistan, ultimately has to be a political solution

Coalition also impose air and sea blockade to prevent weapons from reaching Houthis

UN Working Group report says prisoner should be released immediately, given a right to compensation

Trump cautiously considers changing gun laws due to pressure by a wave of student activism

King Salman announced in September that Saudi women would be allowed to drive from June

Priest Karadima accused of abusing children in 2010 and convicted by Vatican to life of penitence

600 civilians have been killed in 10 days of air strikes

Indian authorities say a flight full of deportees proceeded to Islamabad from New Delhi to drop off Pakistanis

Germany's federal cyber protection agency had no immediate comment on the reports

The new bill made a clear distinction between the trafficker and the trafficked

The groom chose a different woman from the same village to tie the knot

The 4 inch figurine from the early stone age is the most popular and best-known prehistoric representation of a woman

The name of the 2018 winner will be announced in early October.

The investigators had determined two bone fragments found during a private excavation

Most of the churches that will be closed are small, with congregations of hundreds of worshippers

It was the first full calendar year during which same sex marriage was allowed

The cause of the accident not immediately clear