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The vote comes after fierce debate over the terms of the July 14 accord

US Defense Secretary Carter indicated the United States would maintain extra troops beyond the end of next year

Pakistan has shown strong leadership rehabilitating the displaced says Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Large crowds meanwhile gather in the city's main square waiting for basic food items after supplies were disrupted

US claims the majority of Russian strikes have not hit IS but instead targeted rebel groups working against Assad

France asks that there is action, not only from the two countries, but the international community

Iran said the nuclear agreement will not affect its military forces, particularly its ballistic missile programme

City has begun to make changes to accommodate Muslim tourists by building more prayer rooms

Straying from the norm, the stores will be launched in Partnership with Tata-owned consumer electronics chain Croma

US Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia reverses lower court's decision to throw out case

Mumbai Police Deputy Commissioner Ashok Dudhe confirms death of unidentified man

Turkey summons US, Russian envoys to warn against supplying arms, support for Syrian Kurdish forces fighting the IS

He beat her up with an air-conditioning hose, claiming that he wanted to 'educate' his daughter

Coming days - under observation by Canadian and Chinese panda experts - will be critical to their survival

Vatican has been focus of several controversies including coming out of gay priest and leak of controversial letter

Saudi Arabia has yet to provide an updated death toll after saying that 769 Muslim pilgrims had died in the tragedy

Men chanted "we are racists, we are racists and we love it" before showering alcohol on the Muslim woman

Former defence minister says his words were taken out of context by Indian media channel CNN-IBN

State Department and White House spokespersons call it separate issue from Iran's nuclear deal with six world powers

Seven Israelis and around 30 Palestinians, some of them assailants, have been killed since October1

Modi has appealed for religious unity in India, but his failure to condemn such attacks is emboldening the Hindu right

Erdogan has admitted there were security shortcomings but said their magnitude would only be made clear later

Approximately 800,000 chemists to be on strike, says AIOCD president J S Shinde

The baby, whose name Boon means blessing, was orphaned when mum Soona died shortly after he was born

'If you're Hillary supporter and you were worried for whatever reason, you should feel very good about yourself'

nonprofit Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation charged that Apple built into its A7 chips technology patented in 1998

Some eight million Bangladeshis suffer from kidney disease but donation is only legal between living relatives

Coffee Day Enterprises, which owns the chain of cafes, hopes to raise $176 million through the initial public offering

IS spokesman Abu Mohamed al-Adnani says the United States was weak and unable to fight the militants group

The White House on Aug 22 said Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali was killed on August 18 in a US air strike

The book centres on the life of convicted Australian bank robber and heroin addict who escapes jail and flees to India

CIA allegedly paid psychologists millions of dollars to create brutal interrogation program with 'scientific veneer'

The Asian nation overtakes United States, according to Swiss reports

American journalist James B Steele says role of investigative journalists in exposing corruption remains key

Officials say UNHCR in Pakistan has received only $33.6 million for 2015 out of its $136.7 million annual budget

The youngest Nobel laureate previously said she would like to study politics, philosophy and economics at Oxford

Councillor Naveeda Ikram says people have been spreading untrue reports with regards to the investigation

Seven Syrians who had arrived the day before, escaped injury after neighbours noticed the blaze and alerted them

Downing Street spokesperson says UK govt can still continue to engage with Saudis on this issue

Dorsey will also continue to run digital payments service Square, which he founded about five years ago

Rising tide of unrest has raised fears that full-scale third Palestinian uprising, or intifada, could erupt

David Cameron wants British Muslims to know UK govt will back them to stand against those who spread hate

Russian firm says jet was shot down by outdated version of BUK missile that is not used by Russian military

Turkish PM says that the IS group is the prime suspect for the attack, Turkey's deadliest ever

Experts suggest the change could be positive as it could broaden outlook, and fears of radicalisation may be overblown

The head of the outfit says he would pay three million euros ($3.4 million) for anyone who can kill Bashar al-Assad

Head of al Nusra says the war in Syria will make the Russians forget the horrors that they found in Afghanistan

Police say they found the man unconscious and suffering from multiple infections

The cancer-surviving grandfather of seven has lived in Saudi Arabia for 25 years, working in the oil industry

Customs initially gave the statistics in yuan terms, which showed slightly smaller falls in both imports and exports