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Black goat has been barred since 1950 from forests, woodlands under a law that says they cause environmental damage

A total blockade of Yemen's ports and airports was imposed after Huthi rebels fired a missile at Riyadh 2 weeks ago

Francis has repeatedly spoken out over persecution of religious minority by Myanmar authorities

Opposition HNC leader quit two days before meeting, government has recaptured all major cities

She dismembered the body into pieces to hide it, police say she killed her husband over her extramarital affair

Iran has sent thousands of fighters to Iraq and Syria to battle IS

Artists say they would remove the memorial if Hoecke would kneel in front of it and ask sincerely for forgiveness

More than 2,000 people have died of cholera in Yemen this year

Putin opened a summit with leaders of Turkey, Iran in effort to reboot peace process in the war-ravaged country

Human rights monitors have accused Myanmar’s military of atrocities, including rape, against the stateless Rohingya

China has pressed for dialogue, saying this week that "more should be done" to hold talks to resolve crisis

Sayasaya accused of molesting two boys in the state of North Dakota where he worked for the Catholic Church

The pair, believed to be Russians, were captured in September or early October in eastern Syria.

Of all weapons in the US nuclear arsenal, the ICBM is the one most likely to cause accidental nuclear war

Reports of Monday's attack came a day after at least 50 worshipers were killed in a suicide bombing in a mosque

Nicknamed "The Beast" because of his cruelty, Salvatore "Toto" Riina succumbed to cancer last week aged 87

Three chicks were caught on film by residents who believed they had come across extraterrestrials

Mladic was found guilty of 1995 massacre where troops under his command slaughtered almost 8,000 Muslim men and boys

Project aims on training election officials and educating voters

He said all Lebanese parties must commit to keeping Lebanon out of regional conflicts

The government says it is currently tied by European Union rules

Aoun's warning followed an Arab League meeting on Sunday

The Syrian president's fate remains a stumbling block, preventing global players from reaching a peace settlement

Study team stresses the link is merely 'observational'

Despite tensions flaring, analysts are not convinced that an all-out war will take place yet

FCC says new rules retain consumer protection requiring internet providers to disclose actions on blocking material

Former vice president Mnangagwa is a long-time party loyalist who has close ties with the military

India remains deeply reluctant to share data and open up sensitive military communications systems

Spokesperson also said China was ready to work with those in power in Zimbabwe

She reiterated Pakistan's stance that military solution would not work in Afghanistan

Experts are warning of the possibility of Americans alienating the local population with their new strategy

Top US military commander says offer aimed at discouraging Pakistan Army from shooting at Afghan civilians

Factions opposed to Assad have been plagued by divisions throughout the maelstrom

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Prosecutors accuse Mladic of ethnic cleansing to "permanently remove" Bosnian Muslims from areas claimed by Serbs

Georgia's state security service said that unspecified suspects opened fire on its counter-terrorist units

The warning comes after US allied Saudi Arabia said it had shot down a ballistic missile fired by Houthis from Yemen

US military vessels have been involved in a number of accidents in recent months in East Asia

Hezbollah, a heavily armed military and political movement, is part of the Lebanese government

The Russian government funds Sputnik and Russia Today

Negative backlash by social media users on images prompted Instagram to delete Tzion's account

More than 600,000 Rohingya have fled Buddhist-majority Myanmar since late August this year for neighbouring Bangladesh

89% of respondents classified sexual harassment of women as a 'serious problem'

Lechner highlights the most common strategies she has shared with clients

Moscow's military intervention in Syria in 2015 is widely seen as tipping the balance in the conflict

Assisted dying will remain illegal in Australia's other five states

FMN article says US federal officials busted 412 'Muslims' only in health care fraud

Gun violence is rare in China, where the government tightly restricts ownership of firearms

Air China’s Beijing-based press office declined to provide further comment

The September 11 attacks on the Twin Towers by hijackers loyal to al Qaeda killed more than 2,750 people