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Taliban insurgents push inside Tarin Kot, capital of southern Afghan province of Uruzgan

Taiwan ranked friendliest

The blast was attributed to a small bomb attached to a bicycle

Another 11 workers, including some Afghan refugees, have been injured

Scientists hope the seven-year, $800 million mission will reveal something about the origins of the Bennu asteroid

Despite the increasingly vocal calls for Zuma to step down, he retains a strong grip on the party's power structure

The eurozone economy has held steady since the June ballot, with employment and surveys of purchasing managers stable

Trump also angered many in the military community with mocking remarks against US Senator John McCain

The annual event this year comes at a time of heightened tensions on a wide range of fronts across the region

Airline's magazine reportedly provides safety advice to travellers based on race and nationality of local residents

Ferguson gained national attention because of rioting after Aug 2014 shooting of black 18-year-old by a white cop

The scene was judged safe and the man's body was then cut free from the wreck without further incident

The new devices come with Apple seeking to reverse declines in sales of the iPhone

Prosecutors say other officers arrested 24-year-old man just after the attack in the Molenbeek district

Move comes after cancellation of an event in Karachi where Indian envoy Gautam Bambawale was invited to speak

The Conservative government has yet to set out its vision for Brexit following the referendum vote on June 23

Budget carrier Mihin Lanka was founded by Mahinda Rajapakse in 2007 but operated at a huge loss

The victims were beaten up and then set on fire on Monday when they returned to their village in Orissa

Critics say he was a dictator in making but 16 million people voted former state prosecutor into office this year

The case involved a 69-year-old man who had been caught masturbating in Catania

The accused is charged by the Public Prosecutor's Office of Szeged with breach of the peace

The car's owner and an associate, both known to police, were arrested on Tuesday

We look at 13 pictur­es from events around the world

Lawyer argues the game offended the religious sensibilities of Hindus and Jains

Scholar takes a look at how Shariah is implemented among the Hui population in China

This will be the first time in almost three decades that pilgrims from the world's major Shia power will not join Hajj

Saudi Arabia's most senior cleric, Grand Mufti Abdulaziz al-Sheikh, earlier said Iranians were 'not Muslims'

Names of almost 800,000 registered users of the site have been exposed in the data breach

Rouhani accused the Saudi govt of shedding the blood of Muslims in Iraq, Syria and Yemen

More than 100,000 unaccompanied minors applied for asylum in 78 countries last year

IMG Worlds of Adventure is as big as 28 football fields, measuring some 1.5 million square feet in size

Zarif was responding to a claim by Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti Abdulaziz al-Sheikh, that Iranians are "not Muslims"

'The Kashmiri people should live free of fear and repression,' noted activist says

It’s not clear precisely what his role would be if he does choose to accept

The two Sherpa 30-seater aircraft will be delivered in December

Trump outlined what he would do on his first day as president if elected on Nov 8

Leaders of the two countries will meet later this week in Jakarta

The court in Corsica ruled that the ban should be maintained because “strong emotions persist”

Hurriyat leaders had earlier refused to meet an all-party delegation led by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh

Marathon swimmers usually attempt Tsugaru as part of their bid to complete the world's "Oceans Seven"

PayPal will allow users to select a credit or debit card as the default payment method

The mission comes the same day a US space probe was cleared for launch to collect and return samples from an asteroid

Rights advocates hail Qureshi's nomination

'Words matter, and we want to see an atmosphere that is cordial and open to strong cooperation' US State Dept

"I am answering your call, God," pilgrims chant during the hajj

Trump released a letter in which 88 retired generals and admirals endorsed him, a revelation dismissed by Clinton

The aircraft was backing an operation to arrest leaders of criminal groups, tweets Governor Aureoles

US officials are concerned that these actions by Iran could lead to mistakes

Snapchat currently gets 95 percent of its ad revenues from the US, according to eMarketer

Mitko Chavkov confirmed the nationalities of the fatalities, the causes of the crash are being investigated