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Anti-nuclear campaign ICAN wins 2017 Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize goes to an advocacy group behind the first treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons
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Severe train disruptions in Germany after deadly storm
Trains linking Hamburg, Hanover and Berlin have been cancelled, as all three cities were severely hit by the storm
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Dad arrested as five kids, wife die in Japan arson, stabbing
The deaths of the five other victims are under investigation
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Five killed as India military chopper crashes
India's Air Force has a high rate of crashes owing to its ageing fleet
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Islamic State: Defeating the virtual caliphate
'Terrorists are now hiding in the deep web using encryption'
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Australia seizes biggest-ever haul of meth chemical
Two people were arrested over the ephedrine bust
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Japanese-born British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro wins 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature
The prize is named after dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel and has been awarded since 1901
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Australia creates photo ID database to help track terror suspects
Turnbull said the database was intended to accelerate the process of identifying potential terror suspects
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Under fire Tillerson forced to deny rift with Trump
'Rex Tillerson has been dealt a bad hand by the POTUS & has played it badly'
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Amnesty condemns 'forced' returns of Afghan asylum seekers
Returnees face an uncertain future in Afghanistan which is struggling with high unemployment
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The white 'lone wolf' in a world of coloured 'terrorists'
White criminals are often more humanised than other individuals who commit acts of ‘terrorism’
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UK Prince Charles's tour of southeast Asia leaves out Myanmar
Charles and Camilla will begin their tour in Singapore on October 31
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Polygamy dating app draws criticism in Indonesia
It has attracted more than 56,000 members since its launch in April
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Details of victims from Las Vegas mass shooting emerge as grief spreads through US
Victims range from army veterans, police officers to mothers and teachers
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Nobel Literature Prize: controversy, fame and flops
The Nobel institution defends an 'idealist' policy, according to the will of founder Alfred Nobel
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Switching to e-cigs would delay millions of deaths: study
An estimated seven million people in Europe alone have taken up 'vaping'
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US, Philippine troops launch new counter-terror drills
He thanked the US for helping the fight Islamic State militants who occupied parts of the southern city of Marawi
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US trio wins 2017 Nobel Medicine Prize for work on biological clocks
Medicine is the first of the Nobel Prizes awarded each year
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Two children killed as India, Pakistan trade fire in Kashmir
Two Pakistani civilians had been killed in firing across LoC over weekend
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'I miss seeing my parents': Blinded by pellets at 14 in IoK
'When I saw Insha, all I could see was her face covered in blood,' said victim's mother
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Saudi King Salman to visit Russia on Thursday: Kremlin
The visit comes a month before members of the OPEC oil cartel are to meet with the other nations that have joined them
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What you need to know about Catalan independence vote
Regional government argues an independent Catalonia would be richer and better to protect its language and culture
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Facebook CEO Zuckerberg seeks forgiveness for division caused by his work
Facebook and other technology companies are under increased scrutiny amid a US investigation
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Tourism in Pakistan thrives as terrorism loosens grip on country
Along with security, main improvement in Pakistan has been infrastructure
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Afghan Shia fear further attacks on Ashura procession
estimates put the size of the Shia community at between 10-20 per cent of the population
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Trump policy set to hinder war on polio in Pakistan: report
Last week in river in Rawalpindi area coordinator for WHO said her team detected wild polio in the capital Islamabad
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Pakistan Railways: Outsourced trains earn Rs4.4b a year
Before being outsourced the four trains were generating Rs1.761 billion
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Currency: Rupee stable against dollar
International Monetary Fund has repeatedly said that Pakistan’s rupee is overvalued by 5-20 per cent
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Week-on-week: SPI rises 0.78%
Average prices of 13 items rose in a selected basket of goods
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PTI lawmaker alleges embezzlement in Swat University project’s funds
Musarrat Ahmed Zeb files a case with NAB regarding misuse of funds by varsity officials in a project worth Rs2.5b
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Six dead in suicide attack near Shiite mosque in Kabul: police
There was no immediate claim of responsibility
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Twitter reveals Russia-backed ads ahead of US election
Facebook indicated it found 450 accounts that appeared to have been used for this purpose
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Trump tax plan sends dollar, bond yields higher
The dollar's strength pressured many emerging market currencies and commodities
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Myanmar's conflict-hit Rakhine a magnet for Chinese cash
Half a million Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh last month after a militant attack sparked a vicious military campaign
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Website editor threatened for running story about half-naked girls in Indian temple
Story spurred local administration to launch probe which angered many supporters of the temple ritual
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All foreign flights to Iraq Kurd capital to stop Friday
A large number of foreigners working in Arbil were leaving the city on Thursday for fear of being stranded
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Pakistan's contradictory crackdown on 'Red Mosque' extremism
Aziz is no longer welcome at the Red Mosque
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2017 Nobels to turn page on Dylan, anti-nuke buzz for peace prize
The peace prize, the only Nobel awarded in Oslo, usually elicits the most interest
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'I would be dead': Britain's Rohingyas speak out
Some 300 members of the Muslim minority have settled in Bradford in recent years under a refugee programme
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Merkel carves out another win
Arguably, it was the toughest election victory carved out by Merkel
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Nepal names 3-year-old as new 'living goddess'
Trishna Shakya will be anointed as the new Kumari in a ceremony on Thursday
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Rising dollar pounds emerging markets, Turkish assets fragile
Yields are at three-week highs, reacting also to troubles in the local banking sector
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Hindus recount massacre in Myanmar as mass graves unearthed
Myanmar's army has rebuffed the accusation and defended its operation as a proportionate crackdown on the Rohingya
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Momina Mustehsan, Resham Khan featured on BBC's Top 100 women
Resham Khan was attacked with acid in June in UK, and Momina is famous in the music industry
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Journalism magazine saying Trump should be labelled 'racist' raises fiery debate
Fox News, however, disagreed. Obviously.
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Top US court grants temporary stay to black man on death row
He was condemned to death for murder by a jury that included a man who questioned whether black people have souls
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UK blood contamination scandal victims can sue: court
Thousands of people with haemophilia contracted hepatitis C, HIV after receiving transfusions of blood
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US should 'negotiate with Taliban': PTI Chairman Imran Khan
He also stated it was unfair of Washington to blame Islamabad for not defeating Taliban
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US labels N Korea 'war' claim absurd, as Pyongyang boosts defences
North Korea has detonated its sixth nuclear bomb saying it needs to defend itself against the threat of a US invasion
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Qatar Foreign Minister says Trump keen on dialogue to end Gulf crisis
He had seen from President Trump a 'greater desire' to fix the crisis