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A tweet from Obama's personal Twitter account got 4.6 million likes

Fears grow that genetic engineering may be a one-way ticket to ecological mayhem

UN envoy says more civilian lives at risk

Israel and Saudi Arabia have no official diplomatic relations

Concern in Australia have grown that Beijing may be extending its soft power efforts in the country

The accused forcefully sent his wife to India then allegedly attempted to cancel her Australian visa

Hariri's shock resignation had thrust Lebanon to the forefront of the regional quarrel between Saudi Arabia and Iran

The military government has promised to hold a general election in November 2018

The auctioneers have put an estimate of $100,000 to $150,000 on the manuscript

Nuclear weapons have five means of causing destruction

Venezuela's inflation is expected to top 1,000 per cent this year

Last year there were 3,098 road incidents involving drug impairment

Children with encouraging parents less likely to have suicidal thoughts

It is not clear if police believe the perpetrators acted on their own or if they were hit men

2018 budget has not been approved, only 9 ordinary laws have been approved since Nov 2016, compared to 48 in 2015

The attorney general said the bank accounts of 376 people have been frozen

Toxic pollution is 'impacting children's learning, their memories, linguistic and motor skills'

Police believes there was a plan to launch an improvised explosive device at Downing Street

Germany’s largest bank received a subpoena from Special Counsel Robert Mueller several weeks ago

EU has struggled for over a year to finalise blacklist, with smaller, low-tax 28-member nations

US officials informed that Pakistan with its limited resources trying to limit terrorists' movement across the border

John Conyers becomes the first to step down among four serving US lawmakers facing sexual misconduct allegations

One of the three even stitches traditional clothes for 'Ram lalla' (infant Ram) idol

Spokesperson also expressed China's pleasure with operation of Gwadar Port

The 61-year-old Vijay Mallya has had business interests ranging from aviation to liquor

In Prince William, absences for religious holidays no longer counted against student’s attendance record

The previous record holder was seen for six hours above Sheffield, South Yorkshire in 1994

Zakrocki had threatened to "kill a Muslim" before his attack

Philippine police back in drug war despite being accused of human rights violations in drug related crimes

Volcanologists say it is difficult to predict if Mount Agung will erupt or not

Bahrain in October called for Qatar's membership of the GCC to be suspended until it accepted the demands

Over 1,120 Turkish and also foreign academics signed the petition which denounced actions of Turkey's military

Critics blasted the girls for dancing claiming it was against their religious beliefs

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US firm has 55 per cent China market share

Declaration came in the form of 74-page report delivered to annual assembly of state parties

Israel captured Arab East Jerusalem in the 1967 Middle East war

Indonesian authorities last year disrupted a plot by militants to launch an attack in multi-ethnic Singapore

Chinese authorities say teachers spoke out against gender equality, violated socialist core values

Scientific models: Loss of sea ice could cause a 10 to 15 per cent decrease in California's rainfall

Akrama has been hit by several such attacks in the past, the deadliest of which killed dozens of school children

Smog has become especially alarming in the past two years, casting doubt on the future of sports events in South Asia

Saakashvili was made governor of the Odessa region in 2015 on the strength of the reforms he carried out in Georgia

Civil rights activists say case could adversely impact “secular fabric of the country”

Prince Miteb bin Abdullah, once a leading contender for the throne, was freed after agreeing to pay over $1 billion

Rouhani also condemned signs that Muslim countries were improving ties with Israel to counter Iran's growing...

In latest act of state terrorism, Indian security forces martyred three Kashmir youth in IoK

Police said officers were searching properties of the anti-capitalist group known as the “Black Bloc”

Authorities have now ordered a blanket suspension for private use as well

The latest move is likely to further sour already battered US Russia relations