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Mayor says Trump backs Los Angeles' 2024 Olympic Bid- NBC
Trump and Mayor Eric Garcetti, a Democrat, spoke by phone on Wednesday and had a productive conversation
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Statistics from online dating app reveal racial preferences
According to date derived from the app, user prefer dating racial group other than their own
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Suicide truck bomb kills about 100 in Iraq
Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack which killed mostly Iranians returning from Karbala
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Pakistan suspends cotton imports from India
This facility has been cancelled after the recent tensions with India
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Magnitude 7 offshore quake shakes Central America as hurricane hits
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega declared a state of emergency due to the quake
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UN dismisses rumours that Syria envoy has quit
'Media reports that Special Envoy de Mistura is resigning his post are not accurate'
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Tens of thousands flee raging Israeli bushfires
Some residents were trapped in their homes as the army called up reservists to help cope with a third day of fires
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Seven-year-old Syrian girl takes to Twitter to depict life in Aleppo
'I am sad. It's so bad'
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Danish editor jailed for celebrity credit card snooping
Case involved the "systematic surveillance of a large number of publicly-known people's movements"
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Suicide car bomb kills 12 south of Baghdad
Attack took place at gas station with an adjacent restaurant used by Iranian pilgrims
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Indonesian army helicopter carrying five goes missing
Military personnel and search and rescue officials had been sent to the area, says rescue chief
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India's reform architect trashes PM Modi's cash crackdown
Manmohan Singh dubs Modi's shock move to scrap 500 and 1,000 rupee banknotes a "monumental mismanagement"
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Google warns Gmail users of potential hack by govt-backed attackers
Those who received the warning include journalists and activists
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Pictures of the day: November 24, 2016
We look at 13 pictures from events around the world
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Airbus A350-1000 stages maiden flight
The 366-seat A350-1000 was designed to break Boeing's virtual monopoly in the lucrative "mini-jumbo" segment
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US woman shoots guests for being 'too loud'
Savell said she lost her temper, and fired eight or nine towards her guests’ feet
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Dutch lawmakers look into partial niqab ban
Legislation expected to sail through Dutch Parliament's lower house
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115,000 passengers hit as Lufthansa strike heads into second day
Lufthansa has been battling a series of walkouts by both cabin crew and pilots over the last two years
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White nationalist from 'Hail Trump' video to speak at Texas A&M University
Texas A&M said its leaders find Spencer's views in direct conflict with the university's core values
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India's rupee nears record low against dollar
The uncertainty caused by the shock decision has also led foreign investors to withdraw huge amounts of capital
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Trump declining intelligence briefings: report
Trump's last three predecessors regularly received intelligence briefings during their transitions
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At least 67 killed in China construction accident
The death toll is likely to rise because an unknown number of people are still trapped under the debris
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Costa Rica, Nicaragua brace for deadly Hurricane Otto
Both countries had issued red alerts for the areas to be worst-hit, evacuated thousands of people
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Two killed in bomb attack in southern Turkey
A vehicle blew up at 8.05am (0505 GMT) at a parking lot next to the entrance of the governor's office
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Frida Kahlo painting, unseen for 60 years, sells for $1.81m
"Nina con Collar," (Girl with Necklace) had not been seen publicly for six decades, went to a European buyer
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Trump picks Indian-origin politician as ambassador to UN
If confirmed by the Senate, Haley, 44, would become one of only two women so far nominated for Trump's cabinet
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NASA on the hunt for space poop geniuses
NASA will award up to three $30,000 prizes to the best 'space poop' solutions
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What Trump should do about anti-Muslim hate crimes
FBI data showed there were 257 reports of attacks on mosques and other hate incidents against Muslims in 2015
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Government incentives boost Pakistan's Islamic banks
Sharia-compliant banks held 11.4 percent of total banking assets in June, barely changed from a year ago
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Peruvian farmer sues German energy giant over climate change
Germany's second-largest energy producer said it expected the judges to throw out the case
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Scientists develop skin patch with on-the-spot sweat monitor app
The low-cost device, which can quickly analyse key elements such as lactate, Ph or glucose levels
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Dino-killing crater shows clues about Ice Age sea level
The 12-kilometer wide asteroid slammed the earth at a speed of 30 kilometers per second some 66 million years ago
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Cyber security college to open at Britain's Bletchley Park
The mansion house is celebrated as the site where codebreakers cracked the Nazis' Enigma cipher machine
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Iranian filmmaker starts sentence: producer
Karimi spent 15 days in solitary confinement in 2013 when a trailer for the film was released on YouTube
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Trump urges unity in Thanksgiving message
Trump will spend Thursday's holiday with part of his family in the Mar-a-Lago resort outside Palm Beach
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Obama pardons last turkey in Thanksgiving tradition
Thanksgiving is celebrated each year on the last Thursday of November
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Ancient city uncovered in Egypt
It is believed to date back to 5316 BC
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Trump picks wealthy activist for education secretary
DeVos is chairman of the Windquest Group, an investment group with a clean energy focus
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Turkey opts to buy 52 Super Mushshak aircraft from Pakistan
Pakistan and Ukraine ink deal on upgrading Al-Khalid main battle tanks
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Senate panel to mull Saudi ban on transgender pilgrims
According to reports, Saudi govt in a statement said transgenders would not be issued travel visa for Umrah
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Elton John denies he will play at Trump inauguration
A spokesman for the Trump inauguration committee did not respond to a request for comment on Scaramucci's claim
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Bahrain foreign ministry rejects findings of Amnesty report on torture
The ombudsman's office questioned its accuracy on certain specific cases, but also pledged to study its content
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Mexican cement maker ready to help Trump build border wall
Parts of border are already divided by high fences, and a huge part of the boundary runs along the Rio Grande river
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Indian police arrest 11 people for trafficking babies in biscuit boxes
Senior official from CID says the arrests began on Monday after police raided a private nursing home
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Air strike kills 12 civilians in Yemen
The coalition has come under repeated criticism over civilian casualties during its operations in Yemen
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China defends Asia-Pacific trade after Trump threat
President Xi Jinping vows to "push to build an Asia-Pacific free-trade zone and an open world economy"
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Anne Frank poem fetches 140,000 euros at Dutch auction
Auctioneers closed the sale after just two minutes of tense bidding at the Bubb Kuyper auction house
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London chef found guilty of gay date-rape murders
Stephen Port, 41, invited the men back to his flat and injected them with drug so he could have sex with them
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Iran will retaliate if US renews sanctions: Khamenei
Says the current US administration has committed several violations including renewal of the 10-year sanctions