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More than 150,000 people have registered for a mass that Francis will say in Yangon on Wednesday

More than 10,000 security personnel including anti-terrorist forces and dog squads will be deployed

Chechnya, devastated by two wars, has been rebuilt thanks to generous financial handouts from Russia's budget coffers

Libya is the main jumping off point for migrants trying to reach Europe by boat

Xi launched the 'toilet revolution' in 2015 as part of a drive to improve standards of domestic tourism in China

Former president was born on June 12, 1924, making him 93 years and 167 days old

Iran has repeatedly said its missile program is defensive and not negotiable

Christians make up less than 0.5 per cent of Bangladesh's 160 million people

Decision to nullify the marriage has caused outrage among woman's rights campaigners

Explosion occurred in a vacant lot, authorities say

Ash covered roads, cars and buildings near the volcano in the northeast of the island

Authorities cite disturbance of worshippers at the two Holy Mosques as reason behind the ban

Says US-Pakistan relations will take a hit if Islamabad doesn't detain and charge the JuD chief

Celebrities mock Trump on Twitter over his claim that he had declined to be interviewed

Video of former President Barack Obama’s eldest daughter blowing smoke rings stirred controversy online

Attackers arrived in five all-terrain vehicles and set fire to seven cars belonging to the worshippers

Myanmar to issue identity cards to Rohingya

The area was packed with shoppers seeking "Black Friday" bargains

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The owner, who was not named, was taken into custody after the event

In August, the Pentagon said there were 11,000 troops in Afghanistan, thousands more than it had previously stated

Several of the attackers killed in retaliatory fire

Actor who worked on seven films with disgraced mogul says she is taking pleasure in his downfall

Accusing Saudi leadership of fracturing the region, Qatari FM says a pattern is emerging when they create a new crisis

Mohammad bin Salman had described Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as the 'new Hitler of Middle East'

Move comes after Turkish prosecutors launched an investigation last month into CHP spokesperson Bulent Tezcan

China has offered diplomatic backing to its southern neighbour throughout the crisis

Marine biologists say that much of the garbage sinks to the seabed, damaging underwater fauna

Pakistan generates 5% of its electricity from four small 300MW Chinese reactors at Chashma plant

Moscow says Japan being used for US arms buildup

'Refugees are still fleeing, and many have suffered violence, rape, and deep psychological harm,' stated UNHCR

Accused man's name has not been published in the media due to Swedish laws on the presumption of innocence

It said eight rebels had been killed and another nine wounded

Militants set off a bomb before opening fire on people attending prayers at mosque in Sinai

Leaders of Russia, Turkey and Iran agreed on Wednesday to help support a full-scale political process in Syria

Fidel remains present in the minds of Cubans, and state media daily recalls his exploits, speeches and writings

Swaraj will also have bilateral meetings with several leaders on the sidelines of the summit

Experts unable to trace source behind the spontaneous sound

Abubakar is widely expected to rejoin PDP in a bid to become its candidate for the next elections in early 2019

Senior Indian army officer arrested for journalist's murder

The insurgents had taken shelter at the school compound in the central eastern province of Wardak

Announcement came on the second day of a Saudi-sponsored meeting in Riyadh

Hassan Rouhani calls up Afghan president to express sorrow over deaths in terror attacks

Since the abortive coup, more than 50,000 people have been jailed pending trial over alleged links to Gulen

Former security chief has dark past from 1980s

Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi warns Muslims against reaching out-of-court settlement on Babri Masjid issue

The dead commander has been identified as Qari Qudrullah

Beijing boasts the world's largest standing army and the second biggest economy

"There are going to be many more women who are going to find their voices", says head of UN Women

More than ten companies in which the fund has holdings will attend the first network event in Geneva