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People of Pakistan must become aware that they can make a difference by playing their part

Rescuers have been battling to reach the area since Sunday

Amnesty accused the Syrian government of carrying out a "policy of extermination"

Sarkozy was eliminated in November in the first round of a primary contest

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed US President Donald Trump's warning to Tehran to stop its missile tests

Thieves broke into the New Delhi home of Kailash Satyarthi, and stole a replica of his prize medal

New US president reads text of nuclear deal but cannot accept it, says President Hassan Rouhani

Five fishermen were aboard a trawler off the coast of Gujarat in November 2008 when it was hijacked by gunmen

Friday's test off Kauai in Hawaii saw the Standard Missile-3 "Block IIA" successfully hit its target in space

Israel passed a law on Monday retroactively legalising about 4,000 settler homes built

Social media has fired up the anti-Trump base by allowing groups to coalesce around different causes

Fox News host Bill O'Reilly described Putin as "a killer" in the interview with Trump

The more than 2 million migrants in South Africa--many of them children-- often face xenophobia from teachers, peers

Elliott Abrams served in foreign policy roles for presidents Ronald Reagan and George W Bush

Thailand's enormously wealthy monarchy are shielded from criticism by the lese majeste law

Kashkooli spent years taking Alma to experts before a California doctor finally diagnosed the child

US President Donald Trump accused the media Monday of disregarding attacks perpetrated by militant

Scottish parliament will press ahead with a vote to voice its dissent, the UK government has no compulsion to listen

Spicer insisted the administration was "absolutely not" planning to back down on its plan for extreme vetting

Chinese Special Envoy for Afghanistan Deng Xijun met President Ghani in Kabul

Source says West deleted tweets about Trump because he was unhappy about his actions since taking office

May has promised EU leaders she will trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty

John Bercow is one of the key figures whose approval would be needed for any parliamentary address

The 45-year-old founder of the secret-spilling website has been at the Ecuadoran embassy in London since 2012

'Don't try to fix what is not broken', says Russian deputy foreign minister

Three others, including the mothers of the betrothed, were also detained during the raid

The court heard how the suspect was suffering from an episode of paranoid schizophrenia at the time

Mistry was axed as chairman of the holding company Tata Sons in October

British PM May will speak to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about continued settlement activity

BBC survey finds employers are less likely to consider applicants with Muslim names

New Delhi accused Islamabad of being involved in the attack on its army base in Uri on September 18

US tech firms have been among the more vocal sectors speaking out against the policy

We look at 13 pictures from events around the world

The controversial order, which set off an uproar and caused travel chaos, was temporarily suspended by a federal judge

Draining a glacial lake normally is done during the summer, when the drained water can be stored

Trump's executive order slapped a blanket ban on entry for nationals of the seven countries for 90 days

Our theme of the week gives followers a chance to connect with other users through their photographs

After substantial territorial gains, IS is now on the back foot

China will add more than 110 gigawatts of capacity in the 2016-2020 period

Last month heavy snowfall and freezing weather killed 27 children

She became the longest-reigning living monarch in the world in October last year

Trump's own lawyers have stated in legal filings that there was no evidence of fraud in the November 8 election

Armyworm, known as "fall armyworm" in the United States due to its tendency to migrate there in autumn, or fall

Scotland, one of the United Kingdom's four nations, voted to keep EU membership while the UK as a whole voted to leave

There are over 37,000 street children in Mumbai, according to a 2013 study

Trump caused an uproar last weekend when he issued a memorandum that reorganised the NSC to elevate Bannon

The Super Bowl is the most watched US television event

The disaster followed three days of heavy snow across Afghanistan which has killed 54 people

Tamil Nadu leader Jayalalithaa Jayaram died at the age of 68, plunging the state into political uncertainty

The fire broke out late afternoon in the foot massage parlour in Tiantai