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Naureen Shah, Amnesty International USA’s senior director of campaigns, said the refugee ban is inherently cruel

Vows to boost weapons programme after UN resolution

Fire and rescue department have said it was one of the country's worst fire tragedies in 20 years

Scholars urge international organisations to play its role in resolving their situation

The remains of potentially dozens of victims exhumed from the graves in Koricanske Stijene and Vlasenica

Mohamed Fali was handed a six-month suspended sentence

A total of 30 prominent locations temporarily emptied after anonymous telephone threats

Sara Sidner points out her body size to illustrate intensity of Hurricane Irma

Naruto, a rare crested macaque monkey, picked up the camera and snapped the now-famous photo in 2011

Indian forces have been using pellet guns in the disputed territory since 2010

The attacker detonated the bomb after he was stopped at a security checkpoint towards the stadium

'Forbes' Indian Rich lists suggest an important increase in wealth of richest Indians after 2000'

WARNING: If you have Trypophobia don't read further.

Says preachers and scholars allegedly arrested 'should not be used as pawns in political crisis'

The impact on Qatar so far has been most acute for trade, tourism and the banking sector

She is going to speak for national reconciliation and peace says spokeperson

Less than 30 percent of the medicines needed in Yemen are reaching the country

Kurds have sought an independent state since at least the end of World War One

The US Pentagon said it had expressed concerns to Turkey about the deal

It is almost 450 times smaller than the conventional ventilators and can be moved around easily

The world cannot hear Muslims condemning terrorism simply because it is not listening

Footage shows him jog past one man on the bridge before knocking into the victim

Men claim they were beaten, given electric shocks, hung upside down, drugged and locked in solitary confinement

Brandon went through physical and mental abuse, including “online torture”

The farm, produces more than 25 tonnes a year and would be under military protection, ensuring a high quality supply

China touts that it is at the forefront of developing quantum technology

This crater last erupted in 1198

European journalists among more than 50,000 people arrested in Turkey after last year's foiled coup to oust Erdogan

Country rep says trying to figure out how to leave patients ‘in our care’

Man has been taken into police custody, reasons for incident remain unknown

ICJ sets September 13 and December 13 for filing of memorial by India and counter-memorial by Pakistan respectively

13 photos from events around the world

Prime Minister Bill English refused to comment on whether New Zealand intelligence services had investigated Jian

'I proposed a positive agenda to create a Europe that protects, a Europe that empowers, a Europe that defends'

Since the coup attempt some 150,000 people have been sacked or suspended from jobs in the public and private sectors

The non-compulsory ballot, will determine if Australia becomes the 25th country to legalise gay marriage

Some men carried small backpacks while others had no luggage at all

'The government of Myanmar shall be made to taste what our Muslim brothers have tasted'

At least 99 Rohingya are now known to have died making the perilous crossing on flimsy boats since a crisis erupted

The UN Security Council unanimously imposed an eighth set of sanctions on the North Monday

The United Nations say around 200,000 children need urgent support

Drive-through funerals are the latest in a series of Japanese innovations

First Lady Melania Trump said she would join her husband on the trip

UN agency warned situation was so dire that Gaza Strip could become uninhabitable by 2020 without efforts to rebuild

Former speaker of parliament was elected unanimously

The 120 Under 40 highlights achievements of the next generation of family planning and reproductive health leaders

China is of the few foreign friends of Myanmar's former junta

Single mom posts video showing the grinning professor giving his lecture while toting the infant in one of his arms

Nehru-Gandhi political scion also says a person’s background doesn't determine his capabilities

Japan is providing 81 percent of the funding for the project