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Foreign Minister Ecuador confirms Assange's confinement, incommunicado state

Islamabad also withdraws number of facilities being enjoyed by mission officials

Noura Hussein Hammad was handed a death sentence by a Sudanese court for killing the man who raped her

The extension order comes after US President backtracked on nuclear deal

He proposed political newcomer Quim Torra as his successor

NASA has enlisted 15,000 US student botanists from 150 schools to grow plants in space-like conditions in classrooms

Date and location of first-ever meeting of US president and North Korean leader were announced by Trump on Twitter

Chilapa is one of the deadliest towns in Mexico’s most murderous state of Guerrero

Former prisoners freed after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo traveled to Pyongyang

Venezuela’s larger formal opposition coalition is boycotting May 20 presidential vote

Israel attacks nearly all of Iran’s military infrastructure in Syria

Unknown assailants attack mosque in Durban

Erdogan and Putin agree that United States is wrong to withdraw from nuclear deal

May 12 election will face the challenge of rebuilding Iraq after four years of war with Islamic state

German national law bans all civil servants from covering their faces

Pakistan's High Commissioner Tariq Azim Khan is set to open the park on May 12

Goodall was barred from seeking help to end his life in his home country

Woman's winning number based on her husband's birthdate

Animal rights campaigners have called for replacing country's colonial-era laws on animal maltreatment

Indian armed forces have deployed at least 500,000 troops in occupied Kashmir to control the security situation

People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City convicted 56-year-old Bui Hieu Vo of carrying out anti-state propaganda

The floodwaters swept away powerlines, homes and buildings, including a primary school

Scores of people die every year after being struck by lightning during Bangladesh's wet season

This is a diplomatic win for Trump

Little violence is seen on election day itself, but the vote was overshadowed by threats from extremist groups

COAS termed as one of the 75 people who 'make the world turn'

Decisions on how money is spent and cities are planned are largely made by men, stifling women's rights

The US president charged that the deal, negotiated under Obama did not address Iran’s ballistic missile programme

The Nike staff dismissals follow an initial investigation into workplace conduct launched in March

Israel carried out the raids after it said around 20 rockets were fired at its forces

US President's term so far largely characterised by a desire to break deals, not make them

Scale of Israeli fire was far higher than in previous incidents

Mahathir's opposition alliance ends the long hold on power of the Barisan Nasional coalition

Trump will visit Joint Base Andrews to meet Kim Hak-song, Tony Kim and Kim Dong-chul

Late-night incident follows a surge in tensions between Israel and Syria

Drug originally intended to treat osteoporosis

The footage of the silver-adorned duo being arrested by the police has since gone viral

Afghan delegation meets NSA, discuss difficulties in import-export between two neighbours

Y-20's flight marks a leap in the air force's strategic delivery and long-distance airborne combat abilities

Washington’s pullout of treaty likely to delay gas pipeline

Russia displays military might

Yemen's Iran-allied armed Houthi movement says it had launched the missiles at economic targets in the Saudi capital

The Taliban recently launched their annual spring offensive

Attention will also now focus on whether a new, tougher agreement can be negotiated with Tehran

The Trump administration gave companies 90 to 180 days to wind down existing contracts

Iran would remain committed to the deal without Washington despite Trump’s decision

Seventy-one people were wounded, including 51 children

United States' withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal prompted furious reactions

'Tehran has a secret atomic weapons programme ready to activate at any time,' Netanyahu

Clifford is suing Trump for defamation, and has also sought to be released from the non-disclosure agreement