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Putin appoints Ivanov as special representative for conservation, environmental and transportation, says statement

'The root cause of unrest in Kashmir is cross-border terrorism which is being encouraged by our neighbouring country'

Court also says it will decide at a later date on whether to impose green tax on diesel vehicles with smaller engines

The Republican presidential nominee accuses the news media of misconstruing something he said

Fethullah Gulen is accused of ordering the July 15 coup to remove President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from power

A man tried to shoot his wife and daughter and then tried to kill himself, police was quoted as saying

We look at 13 pictures of events from around the world

Victim of hit and run accident in New Delhi dies after passerby's ignore his plight for half an hour

Tech giant was accused of removing Palestine from its map service

Islamic dress is a hot-button issue in France, where the full-face veil is banned in public places

Groups have doubled their recruitment of foreign fighters to as many as 31,000 over the past 18 months

Lochte's new bleach blonde hair appeared to resemble the Olympic diving pool when he appeared to compete on Wednesday

A team of Bangladeshi forest officials hope to take the elephant to a safari park where it can be looked after

More than 70 influential Republicans have signed a letter urging the party to stop spending money on Trump's campaign

Reporters Without Borders ranks Singapore 154th out of 180 countries in its World Press Freedom Index

The powerful quake triggered at least five aftershocks, ranging in magnitude from 4.7 to 5.4, the USGS said

Lawsuit accuses officers of excessive force, false arrest, violation of and freedom of religious expression

Afghan security officials had previously claimed Khan was killed in a US drone strike on July 11, 2015

Abdullah says Ghani did not deserve to govern as he had failed to work collaboratively or to enact electoral reforms

Jaelyn Delshaun Young had pleaded guilty to one count in March as did her husband, Muhammad Oda Dakhlalla

Islamic State media said Driver was its "soldier," the SITE Intelligence Group monitoring service said on Thursday

Ruling comes as the latest chapter in Dr AQ Khan's case, who also sold nuclear secrets to Libya, Iran and North Korea

South Korea is looking to expand its insect industry as a source of agricultural income by promoting more consumption

The ultra-modern 2,000-seat venue can transform into three modes- theatre, concert hall and a flat-floored hall

Sultana was making plans to return to Britain and her family was communicating with her to discuss her escape

Authorities said Aaron Driver was on his way to carry out an attack on a unspecified urban target

Trump had claimed that Clinton and US President Barack Obama were the founders of the Islamic State group

Aaron Driver was a good kid who went down a dark path and couldn't find the light again

Twitter's future nonetheless has been the subject of speculation because of its relatively slow growth

The explosions happened ahead of a public holiday on Friday to mark the birthday of Queen Sirikit

New York police says the boy has been arrested, charged with reckless endangerment and criminal trespass

Russia's FSB security service had said it thwarted "terrorist attacks" in Crimea this week by Ukrainian military

Survey of 1,275 people conducted between July 28 and August 1 shows a rise of 21 points over previous poll

Man calls for another Christian crusade against Muslims in his country

Arianna Huffington said she was stepping down to launch a nonprofit group focused on health and wellness

The frightening video was recorded in 2007 but has gone viral now

Shooting occurred while police were investigating reports of vandalism in neighborhood near downtown Los Angeles

The blast happened at a power plant in Dangyang in the central province of Hubei, says state television

The defendants include at least one Saudi "billionaire" and nationals from Pakistan and other countries

The man survived a crash landing then won $1 million in a lottery organised by the airport's duty free operator

A Pakistani government agency has built and sold more than 15,000 of the so-called "Khojis" bomb detectors

The giraffe died of lung and heart failure

The child's angry father accused staff of demanding bribes at almost every step of the way

Twenty-five states have alreadt sanctioned some forms of marijuana use for medical purposes

The 'Gaofen 3' satellite has a radar system that captures images from space with a resolution down to 1 meter

The possibility that the army may patrol at home for the first time in seven decades set off an outcry in the country

This is the second kidney trafficking racket found operating out of a top Indian hospital in recent months

Islamic activists have also filed a judicial review at the Constitutional Court aimed at making gay sex a crime

Jutting has previously indicated he would plead not guilty to two charges of murder

The real estate tycoon said the militant group is 'honoring President Obama'