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Statement by Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani capped a week of heightened rhetoric over jailing of Americans in Iran

Local media reported ambulances, helicopter rushed to scene in Schaffhausen

Phelps completes 100 metres in open ocean off South Africa in 38.1 seconds to the shark's 36.1

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the blast, with 41 wounded near the Shia neighbourhood

Washington reacted angrily to news as three US nationals are also currently being held in Iran

The move to install a Dalit to the ornamental post seems symbolic

It followed with a separate attack where two women used as human bombs exploded, killing at least 16 near Kofa village

Says he 'did not collude' with Russia or seek back channels with Moscow last year

We can have a fully operational device that translates what our pets say

'While KPFA emphatically supports serious free speech, we do not support abusive speech'

This is what the $13 billion behemoth commissioned into the US Navy's fleet on Saturday means

Abe's support has plunged below 30 per cent in some opinion polls

Relations between Turkey and Germany have deteriorated following arrest by Turkey of six rights activists

Waterloo handles some 100 million passenger journeys a year

Children in trial were monitored for rebounding virus levels

Such laws are built around patriarchal attitudes linking a family’s honour to chastity of women

Religious tensions have risen in Jerusalem

The fortress-like embassy in the affluent Rabae district of Amman is protected by Jordanian gendarmes

Johnson has a history of blunders

France, Germany, Russia, Sweden, Spain and Japan likely to build six advanced stealth submarines

Event served as an outreach by the premier to the Hindu community in Canada

Clashes broke out between Israeli security forces and Palestinians around the Old City

Chinese state media have warned India of a fate worse than 1962

The indictment accuses Cumhuriyet of beginning a 'perception operation' with the aim of starting an 'asymmetric war'

Neighbourhood is home to many Shia Hazaras

Jordanian police say victims went into the building to carry out 'carpentry work'

Police claim the victim was gangster Rafiquddin but social media users identify him as bodybuilder Naveed Pathan

A war between Saudi-backed government and Iran-backed Huthi rebels has killed thousands and displaced millions

Deadly clashes erupt with Israeli authorities installation of metal detectors at the Haram al-Sharif compound

Qatar has been strongly backed by Ankara throughout standoff between Gulf states

Globally, government donor funding for HIV dropped in 2016 to the lowest level since 2010

It was not immediately clear how many people made it off the truck alive

After enacted its national tobacco control law in 2003, India has added rules to strengthen it

Same-sex marriage is supported by 61% of Australians

White House press secretary Sean Spicer abruptly resigned on Friday in protest at Scaramucci's hiring

Israel frequently punishes families of attackers by razing or sealing their homes as a deterrent

British royals were very open, did not put any subject off limits

Other photos show men in padded bras as they attempt to slip out of Mosul

Speaks about shared ideals of Dr Ambedkar and Martin Luther King Jr

Large parts of the province are under Taliban control

May's authority has been weakened after she lost her parliamentary majority in June's election

Tensions had mounted for days as Palestinians hurled rocks and Israeli police used stun grenades

Legislators overwhelmingly back Duterte's bid to have martial law remain in force

Promises not to change the constitution to allow him to keep on running for Russia's top political post indefinitely

Government in Kiev has shown a tendency to disown the health crisis in rebel regions

Nearly two million people are suffering from severe acute malnutrition and 5.5 million are in need of food aid

Majority of attacks are unrelated to organised crime

Protesters complained about the lack of body camera footage of the shooting and the lack of police accountability

Faizah Shaheen seeks an apology from Thompson Airways claiming she was targeted because of her race

In March, government banned veils and growing of long beards — traditional Muslim customs