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Illegal wildlife trade rakes in between $15-20 billion annually, making it the fourth largest illegal global trade

Airline offered compensation for bumping a 10-year-old off a flight

Lt Gen McMaster briefed on govt policies to improve security environment

Statement from North Korean Deputy Ambassador followed warnings from US Vice President Mike Pence to Pyongyang

Respectful dialogue needed to heal divided Turkish society, says German FM

Rescue official says everyone on board the plane; three French and one Swiss, died

The government was urged to first follow Dubai's model of cleanliness, provision of basic amenities

We look at 13 pictures from events around the world

Tensions rise with recent strikes by US in Syria, Afghanistan

More 300,000 have fled fighting since the offensive operation started on October 17

Two years of war may deprive a generation of Yemeni children of an education

Around 100 students were injured as police used batons and tear gas to try to quell the protests

Ramu threw himself in front a train in Itiyahthok area of Gonda in India

'If you were a terrorist, I suspect you’d not be ticking yes on the Esta form anyway'

Says people had been unable to vote in privacy; some ballots were counted in secret

The 'Yes' camp won with 51.41 per cent in Sunday's vote

Nepal set up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission on the Disappeared in 2015

Pence and South Korean acting president Hwang Kyo-ahn expressed disappointment over China's retaliatory actions

Park’s impeachment was confirmed by Seoul's top court last month

Statement comes a day after Turks narrowly voted to change the constitution and hand Erdogan sweeping new powers

New system centralises the entire executive bureaucracy under the president

US Vice President Mike Pence has reaffirmed plans to go ahead with the deployment of the system

Says Russia's backing of Syrian President Bashar al Assad's government has perpetuated a civil war

The strike was called in connection with Palestinian Prisoners Day, which is observed annually

Emergency services declared the women dead at the scene

It's the second foreign trip for Pence as vice president

Kushner disclosed earlier this year that his stake in the WiredScore was worth $5 million to $25 million

Assad's ongoing support for her husband allows Britain to deprive her of her UK citizenship

Kashmiris being forced by Indian forces to chant anti-Pakistan slogans

Doctors performed 4,818 transplants last year

Any US military action brings severe risks for US ally South Korea

The elections take place with France on heightened security alert following a spate of attacks by militants

The results may help peel back mysteries about what the universe is made of and how it came into being

Police are also investigating whether the attack was provoked by a rivalry

The police said they were investigating whether the landslide was natural or man-made

A suicide car bombing in Rashidin, west of Aleppo, targeted buses carrying Syrian evacuees

His death was ruled accidental and he was found to have suffered crushing injuries to his head

94 second semester postgraduate students were unable to sit for their last exam

Islamic State allegedly shelled government forces with chemical weapons agents

'Referendum had closed the door on Turkey's long history of military intervention in government'

Residents protested in at least four districts of Istanbul

Japan's corals could offer important data to bolster knowledge about marine life

The failed launch occurred as Pence was en route to Seoul

'This is a horrific crime and we do not allow this kind of content on Facebook'

United, owned by United Continental Holdings Inc did not immediately respond to a request for comment

The evacuations were taking place under a deal between Syria's regime and rebels

'Yes' vote would replace Turkey's parliamentary democracy and may see Erdogan in office until at least 2029

FIR has been lodged and a probe is underway to ascertain circumstances that lead to the death, says a police official

McMaster says China too concerned about Pyongyang regime's steps

Rival forces are trying to seize control of an airbase in southern Libya