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Republican presidential contenders slam Obama for pushing stricter gun laws while failing to tackle extremism

British police charge 29-year-old man with attempted murder after stabbing attack in London Underground train station

Syed Farook's father says he was obsessed by Israel and al-Baghdadi's ideas for creating the Islamic State

The atrocity in France drew immediate comparisons with events in Mumbai in 2008

US president says San Bernardino massacre was evidence of an 'evolving' and increasingly homegrown threat

The 91-year-old Nobel peace laureate and global humanitarian recently had a tumor from his liver removed

Dressed in a prison-issued uniform, one-time playboy looked straight ahead showing no emotions as hearing got underway

The US-led coalition has been targeting IS in Syria since last September

Thousands of residents have been rescued in Tamil Nadu as last week rains and flooding claimed nearly 300 lives

In the three years since the justices last heard the case, legal battles over admissions have intensified

Tension has been rising in Bangladesh since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina launched a crackdown on militants

Meeting comes after Nawaz-Modi huddle during COP 21 climate change summit in Paris

Hashtag was inspired by an eyewitness to the attack at Leytonstone station who shouted at the suspect

Merkel's deputy accuses the preaching associated with Wahhabi thought of inspiring extremists

Turkish president says he had warned his Iranian counterpart over some Iranian media reports

Award-winning photojournalist Magnus Wennman captures stories of refugee children

Syrian president says Cameron's strategy would make the situation worse, not better

First projections are expected at 1900 GMT

Jayalalithaa is being heckled and abused for going missing in action after floods swept in her Chennai constituency

Taliban source says group is buying time to select new leader and bring their organisation out of this "sudden...

'Yes, we are of course looking at building a relationship' with Islamic State, ICRC Director-General told AFP

Jerry Falwell Jr urges students of Liberty University to get their permits to carry concealed weapons

Thousands of residents have been rescued by boat or plucked from rooftops after floods left much of Chennai underwater

Muslim Americans take to Twitter to express their disgust at media's 'Islamophobia'

The loot is estimated to be worth around $2 billion

Security sources say several members of his entourage also died in the attack in Tawahi

Iran and Russia want him to stay in power until elections are held, while Western and Arab powers say he must go

Popeye for his part was sentenced to 30 years and released last year on parole, nearly seven years early

In recent years, millions of starfish, have had their legs curl up and pull away from their bodies

Uruguay became the first country to legalise the cultivation and distribution of marijuana in late 2013

The teenager was arrested after an altercation between the brewery's security officer and a suspect

A train slammed into a packed minibus as it crossed a railway line in the north of the city

Spate of detentions in South and Central America show region has become route for Syrians fleeing war in homeland

Obama will provide an update on the investigation into the shootings and discuss the broader threat of terrorism

Facebook says it took down Malik's profile, established under an alias, for violating its community standards

19 Israelis Israeli forces and 102 Palestinians have been killed in the same period

Initial reports indicate that the man had also threatened other bystanders

NBC reports that searched house is home to a man who is believed to have bought the assault rifles the shooters used

Islamic State group claims the couple as their followers

Pope Francis seeks to make the Holy See's finances more transparent

Erdogan this week visited the Gulf country Qatar where he agreed a deal for LNG purchases

NASA says scientists expect more images from the set over the coming days

The fight against Daesh is crucial, but only effective if all of Syria is united, says French foreign minister

'Of course we have different views but we need to continue to talk in order to narrow our differences' Cavusoglu

Suspects that the attacker visited are under investigation by Britain's domestic intelligence agency MI5, report says

Negotiators seem confident they can avert a repeat of a similar effort that failed spectacularly in 2009

Young boys take part in the festivities which some consider a celebration of reaching manhood

The politician was a member of parliament from 1974 to 2006 and served in the government which signed Oslo accords

Obama vowed that investigators would 'get to the bottom' of how and why the rampage occurred

Speculation about Mansour's fate reached fever pitch after unconfirmed reports on Friday claimed that he had died