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Panel head Robert George says it is unfortunate that a secular democracy like India refused a visit

Taliban said it would not take part in peace talks brokered by Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the US

Civil code still prohibits only women from remarrying within a specified period after divorce, claims rights group

US govt agency says ZTE used series of shell companies to illicitly re-export controlled items to sanctioned countries

It alleges that the Boeing 777 aircraft flown by Malaysia Airlines was a defective product

The party denies that its leaders committed any atrocities

The raids, which began in 2003, had killed between 113 and 136 militants prior to the latest operation

The fund currently has $10.3 billion in pledges and has a goal to spend $2.5 billion on projects in 2016

The UN Security Council put in place its latest round of sanctions, drafted by China and the United States, last week

298 passengers and crew, the majority of them Dutch, died when the plane was shot down over war-torn eastern Ukraine

In France more than 86,000 women a year are victims of rape or attempted rape, but only 13 percent complain to police

The report will be published annually

The order, signed by Mayor Bill de Blasio and effective immediately

Ten members of security forces were also killed in the fighting in Ben Guerdane

A commuter bus went up in flames after a head-on collision with a truck late on Sunday

The over-speeding Ferrari burst into flames after crashing into an electric pole in Jumeirah Lake Towers neighbourhood

The beleaguered liquor baron accused of defaulting on hundreds of millions of dollars in loans

Local TV station WBS said the home was a half-way house for people transitioning out of rehab or time in prison

OIC resolution urged member states to ban products produced in or by illegal Israeli settlements from their markets

The latest incident comes a year after an elderly Christian nun was raped at a convent school in West Bengal

The Hague is holding hearings to decide whether it is indeed competent to hear lawsuits against India and Pakistan

Naveeda Ikram, 42, was being probed by the police over allegations of ‘financial irregularities', she denies charges

Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Finland top the list

This is the second such attack in Somalia in recent weeks targeting passenger aircraft

Nigerian national stabs his friend while arguing over whether Messi or Ronaldo is the world's best footballer

We look at Nepalese Hindus offering special prayers and fasting to commemorate the occasion

As a candidate for the May elections, he was allowed TV and radio air time for political advertisements

Sanders beat Clinton with 64.3 per cent of the vote compared to her 35.5 per cent

Afghans account for around 1/4 of the migrants risking their lives in the small boats leaving Turkey's shore

Here is a sneak peak into his enviable collection

Koalas and kangaroos are subject to more scientific study than Australia's twitching rodents and bats

His work changed the way the world communicates

The video shows Maloney allegedly biting off the rat's head and washing it down with three shots of vodka

The public prosecutor confirmed that both girls had returned home by Sunday evening

Head of the nation's biggest Muslim rebel organisation warns IS will capitalise on growing frustration

Ransomware, one of the fastest-growing types of cyber threats, encrypts data on infected machines

Ninety-nine percent of the collection sold during the two-day auction

Netanyahu reiterates commitment to a decision allocating an area at the Western Wall for egalitarian Jewish prayer

The Przewalski's horse became extinct in the wild only two decades ago

Gunman killed one person and injured two others during siege of an industrial estate

People will flock Wednesday to watch the eclipse travel in a broad arc across the world's biggest archipelago nation

The flight, with 239 people on board, vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014

Saudi Arabia, one of the world's most conservative nations, has long been accused of fuelling extremism

‘Undeclared war between Pakistan and Afghanistan’ to blame for conflict

Indian media claims Pakistan tipped off about infiltration of terrorists

Trump says he supports waterboarding and other extreme interrogation techniques that are a "hell of a lot worse"

She died at her home in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure

President says he ordered security forces to conduct joint operations with police to dismantle crime networks

The nationality of the migrants was not immediately known

Authorities have blamed IS for Friday attack on refuge for elderly operated by Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity