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Balconies where beautiful women once stood are now empty

US gun culture is also a source of derision in Canada

India has provided over $2 billion in economic assistance to Afghanistan in the last 15 years

Harris's family has launched an online fundraiser to pay for funeral expenses

The burkini has sparked huge controversy in France, with bans in 15 towns in the country's southeast

Blaming Pakistan for protests is living in denial, says ex-CM.

The Belgian capital has been on high alert since local Islamic State militants carried out the attacks in Paris

Gina-Lisa Lohfink, 29, was fined 20,000 euros by the court

Delegates express concerns on personnel's firing, harassment, raids and arrests in an already volatile valley

Ukrainian border guard service says 36-year-old entered Ukraine on Sunday and will formally seek asylum on Monday

Japan Meteorological Agency says typhoon Mindulle made landfall at 12:30pm in Tateyama city 80kms southeast of Tokyo

The move is aimed at luring back tourists and residents who often flee abroad during the scorching desert summer

Codenamed 'Han Kuang 32', drills are designed to test how Taiwan's armed forces would repel an attack from China

30 best pictures from Rio 2016 Olympics

Jean-Baptiste Frederic Isidore Thielemans, known affectionately as Toots, died in his sleep in a Brussels hospital

We look at 13 pictur­es of events from around the world

As some French seaside resorts ban the burkini, it turns out more and more women are buying the swimwear

Talks between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Abbas have been suspended since 2014

Investigators earlier believed the fire was caused by an extension cord connected to a refrigerator

The communists' support is mostly in deeply poor rural areas of the Philippines

The MEP’s suggestion prompted anger online but he refused to apologise

Jammu and Kashmir Petrol Tanker Owners Association has announced an indefinite strike over poor security arrangements

Shivraj Singh Chouhan, CM Madhya Pradesh state was seen being carried by officials through ankle-deep muddy water

Iran is also highly sensitive to any suggestion that it would allow foreign militaries to be based in its territory

Police reportedly told media that at least one child had a mark indicating strangulation

Hurriyet daily said that DNA tests were under way to ascertain the identity, nationality and gender of the bomber

Investigators believe a group of 'more than 20 people' were behind the coordinated attack

PM Modi underscores India's historic ties with Afghanistan

Six African, three Asian and one North American state make the list

The CCTV report alleged that the Syrian Civil Defence group which shot the video is of 'questionable independence'

We look at 14 Muslim women who made their country proud at the Rio Olympics 2016

The International Space Station (ISS) is hurtling through space about 250 miles above the surface of Earth

Some police workers felt if they reported harassment it would hurt their careers or result in them being ostracised

Of the 682 paragraphs that made up the 200-page thesis, 197, or 28.9 percent, were found to be plagiarized

Local mayor Bessaou Ismak Ado Crophe says the bodies of both victims in their twenties showed signs of head trauma

Foreign Affairs Secretary said Duterte's statement 'is a statement expressing profound disappointment and frustration'

Western governments, rights groups have also lambasted an earlier law, 'treating foreign NGOs as a criminal threat'

Ali Abdullah Saleh says Yemen was ready to grant Moscow access to air and naval bases

Malaysia generally practises a moderate brand of Islam but religious tensions have simmered in recent years

The bridge is some 430 metres (1,400 feet) long and suspended 300 metres above the earth

Soper, 72, was taken into custody in London and is accused of nine sexual assault offences

'Islamist extremism is a danger to society and a threat to public safety; it must be defeated wherever it is found'

The first family spent just over two weeks at their summer vacation house at the popular Massachusetts retreat

Spokesperson for the National Security Council condemned the attack 'in the strongest possible terms'

Corbyn, 67, is favourite to stay as leader, retaining the support of most trade unions

Japan Airlines said it cancelled 145 domestic flights through mid-afternoon, affecting 26,910 customers

The two-week annual Ulchi Freedom exercise is largely computer-simulated

The New York real estate magnate intends to lay out specifics of his immigration plan over the next few weeks

Armed militants on motorcycles "opened fire on the village as residents slept," says a local resident

Police evacuated the building immediately and cordoned off the area while fire officials secured the site