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14 photos from events around the world

An estimated 10 million Filipinos work overseas, with the oil-rich Middle East countries key destinations

Tourist visa leniency to be implemented

Chaos pervades in the oil rich country

The soldiers cut off the snake heads and fed the snake blood to each other

A change to the criminal code in the late 1990s made it illegal to spread communism or other leftist ideologies

Siddharta Dhar believed to be masked leader who appeared in an IS video of the execution of several prisoners

Cavusoglu indicates that Turkish forces might extend eastward

Khawaja Asif says Pakistan will neither evolve its nuclear policy under the US permission nor change it on its orders

At least 11 people wounded as a suicide attacker detonated a car bomb at the office entrance

American officials knowingly funded abuse inflicting police and security officials

Afghan's first vice president calls deadly attack on Intercontinental hotel ‘security and intelligence failure’

Says President Trump’s advisers have been working on the outlines of a plan for some time

Muhammad Haider Khan studies in Bahria College Karsaz Karachi

Indian PM mentions climate change, protectionism as major challenges

Police say the scene is secured, and the suspect is in custody

The arrest was made at a refugee camp as tension grows over plans to repatriate the displaced Muslims to Myanmar

Kurd leaders says it is an invitation for all Kurds in Syria to take up arms

28 countries have ratified the treaty, which aims to protect women

Suspects arrested for 'disseminating propaganda for terror groups' as Ankara presses its new offensive in Syria

Modi leading a big government and business delegation to Switzerland forum, the first Indian PM do so in 21 years

Tsunami warnings mean that a tsunami with significant inundation is possible or is already occurring

A French cosmetics giant last week selected her to be the first woman in a hijab for a mainstream shampoo campaign

Chemical analysis of glass found at Nigerian archaeological site reveals composition entirely unique to region

Rights have come under increasing pressure since President Xi took power in 2012, with widespread arrests of activists

Ginsburg has been on the Supreme Court for 25 years

Chinese government has a tight grip on content distributed in the country, including movies, music and video games

Chinese state oil companies are also willing to become cornerstone investors in the Aramco IPO, reports suggest

The US had previously lost a case with China on how it calculates the price of imports

13 photos from events around the world

After crude remarks on Haiti, more offensive behaviour from US President observed

Initiative is part of an evolving and more aggressive Chinese foreign policy in Latin America to counter US

According to the official toll, at least 20 people were killed in the incident, including 13 foreigners

Marnissi tried unsuccessfully twice to travel to Syria, where Mokeddem settled in late 2014

Much will depend on how rigorously the president can be persuaded to stay 'on message'

Hundreds of people have been killed in Xinjiang in past few years in violence between Uighurs and Han Chinese

Court rules that Osborne drove over a Muslim congregation outside a mosque

"We will take no step back", says Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

White House Spokesperson Sarah Sanders says Kabul attack strengthened the resolve of the US to support Afghan forces

Valued at $1.4 billion during July-December, could reach $3 billion by fiscal year-end

Assange is trying to use his Ecuadorian diplomatic status to force Britain to declare him persona non grata

His comments were seen as trying to dismiss the credibility of accusers and was widely criticised by victims

Urges Palestinians to resume long-stalled peace talks with Israel

The new government had to sell projects to repay debts

So far there has been no indication of major gains on the ground by Turkey-backed forces in Afrin

Spill area is an important spawning ground for species

Gafsa recruitment results cause mass outrage among unemployed Tunisians

He doesn't ask for money, only that people exchange what they take

Social Democrats eager to join hands with the Merkel's conservatives

Authorities in cities say main aim is to lure talent to make their labor pools more attractive to companies