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Swiss govt opposes initiative, saying it would have to find a colossal 25 billion Swiss francs a year

Obama will become the first sitting US leader to travel to the city, the site of the world's first nuclear attack

The planned metro system in Makkah would have 182 kilometres of track and 88 stations

Akhundzada is not known for his prowess on the battlefield, having preferred a life of religious and legal study

ISIS trying to build affiliates in Libya, Egypt and Bangladesh for militants to launch attacks locally and cheaply

Trump has raised more than a few eyebrows with his latest round of attacks against Clinton

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack

'The discussions have become more sensitive and delicate bringing us closer to a comprehensive agreement' Cheikh Ahmad

The building is home, not just to his campaign for the presidency, but also his Trump Organization business empire

Many young labourers described feeling dizzy, nauseous and vomiting after long days working in the fields

The four IS jailers beheaded seven American, British and Japanese hostages as well as 18 members of the Syrian army

Though Mansour once appeared in favour of peace negotiations, he refused to join talks when he became Taliban chief

French maritime surveillance plane has already located floating objects, according to a French Navy spokesman

Maulvi Haibatullah Akhunzada appointed new chief of the group

Hairatan, the only crossing between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan, is an ominous bellwether of economic activity

'I think there's a heavy reaction among racially conscious Republicans against an African American being president'

Niger, Togo, Afghanistan and Burundi among the latest foot soldiers in 'a public relations war' by China

Early results show Trump receiving 76 per cent of the vote

Twitter reveals how it will give users more space in tweets

We look at 13 images from events around the world today

The missing climbers were part of a team of four, one of whom -- Subhash Pal -- died after falling ill on Sunday

French authorities believe Google owes 1.6 billion euros ($1.7 billion) in back taxes

Sheikh Mohammed says by 2030 Dubai will print 25% of its buildings using 3D printing technology

Death toll from bombings claimed by the Islamic State hits 154

There has been no confirmed cause of the disaster until now

The visit is Obama's first and the third by a sitting president since the end of the Vietnam War in 1975

Incoming Philippine president has defied conventional political wisdom with his huge win in presidential elections

Mullah Yakoub and Sirajuddin Haqqani have backed out of the race citing personal reasons, reports suggest

'If you save one generation, then that generation would be capable to protect all generations to come' Satyarthi

No moderates or reformists stood for the post

The blast hit a border patrol in the southwestern province of Jazan

India blames Pakistan for backing the militants in Kashmir, a charge Islamabad denies

Obama met about six activists and said there were "significant areas of concern" about political freedom

Bourdain posted a picture of the dinner on Instagram with the caption "The President's chopstick skills are on...

Splore claims to be the only photo sharing app where users follow hashtags instead of people

Mike Toner says US respects Pakistan's territorial integrity but will still continue air strikes

His remarks won loud applause from more than 2,000 delegates including top Vietnamese leaders

Tayeb's decision to fly to Rome followed the easing of serious tensions that marked the reign of Francis's predecessor

Activists are questioning the validity of the official record because authorities have files on only 88 bodies

The area has suffered a string of deadly landslides, with a major incident last November killing 100

'This is by far the most controversial application that we have ever had to deal with' committee chairman Peter Sowray

Use of colonial-era laws such as sedition and criminal defamation to clamp down on government critics

The researchers said they had found the virus in three groups of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

The arms sales decision 'was not based on China', Obama says, but part of normalising ties with the ex-enemy

There were 337,922 reports of violence against women such as rape, molestation, abduction and cruelty by husbands

'Pakistani authorities had delivered Mansour's badly burned remains for burial in the western city of Quetta'

In the case of the Taliban, it acts as both an advisory council for the Emir (leader) and crafts policy

Former secretary of state would concentrate on campaigning against presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump instead

Taliban originated among young Afghan religious students who took refuge in Pakistan from 1979-89 Soviet occupation

Anura Senanayake was remanded into custody into the May 2012 killing of national rugby skipper