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Facebook usually activates the feature after natural disasters but not bombings or attacks

China strongly denies abusing human rights in Xinjiang, and says it is facing a determined campaign from radicals

Government's refusal to accept deportees may slow down removal of illegal economic migrants from Europe

In an unusually fierce rebuke, Obama strikes out at his political foes, accusing them of demonising widows and orphans

Police had no trouble finding Schnitzler via the cell phone he used to place the call

Chaudhry testifies that any contact there might have been was inadvertent

Despite India's large Muslim population, Islamic State has only been able to draw a handful of recruits from country

Convictions have triggered country's deadliest violence since independence

It remains to be determined whether the bomber was a refugee sent by Islamic State to Europe to carry out an attack

There are whiffs of hardening feelings, mosque desecrations over the weekend, and harsh words being exchanged

Obama wants Moscow to shift its focus from propping up Syria's government to fighting Islamic State

Putin pledges to hunt down those behind the attack, ordering an intensification of Moscow's campaign in Syria

France says that the "dangerous" Salah Abdeslam is wanted in connection with Friday's attacks

Air France says an investigation will be led by the authorities to identify the source of the telephone call

Mohammed Rehman, 25, used the Twitter name Silent Bomber with a profile picture of the militant known as "Jihadi John"

The attack comes after an Italian aid worker was shot dead in September and a Japanese farmer killed days later

Authorities say man threatened to firebomb the center shortly after deadly attacks in Paris

Party launched in reaction to criticism that ‘Muslims were not loud enough’

More than 30 people were killed when a bomb ripped through packed crowds in Yola

Fans at Hanover's 49,000-capacity HDI Arena quickly evacuated the stadium

General Raheel Sharif, who is on a five-day official visit to US, meets Defence Secretary Ashton Carter at Pentagon

The speech raised immediate concerns among legal experts and magistrates

Canadian PM said on Tuesday that he will go ahead with plans to bring 25,000 Syrian refugees to the country

They are the latest of nearly 3,500 deaths at sea among people making desperate bids to flee war and reach Europe

Iran says it plans to up output when nuclear-related sanctions are lifted under a July deal agreed with world powers

Putin has ordered Russian navy to establish contact with French aircraft carrier in region and to treat them as allies

The head of the stores denies 'instructions given out to act this way'

The airlines were penalised for their involvement in anti-competitive practices

The much awaited cover for the edition to appear on Wednesday depicts a dancing reveller, bottle and glass in hand

"We have received indications that one of the fugitives connected to Paris is possibly in our area," says police

Drug seizures are common in the kingdom despite the death penalty for traffickers

Sudi govt urges Jeddah residents to stay home, and reportedly gave children a day off school on Tuesday

The men had been living in Hayes on the outskirts of west London

Senegal's government and telecom firm Sonatel to develop the model in the West African nation

Tokyo District Court voids NHK's decision to end contract of radio programmes announcer Emmanuelle Bodin

The child, Syeda Xainab Fatima Jaffer, was taking the lift up to her classroom with her teachers

Under the proposals, measures will be put in place to disrupt criminal online marketplaces

Source says compromise will protect around 60% of indebted households from having their primary residence seized

US Secretary of State says there is now a "genuine process with possibilities" to unlock the war in Syria

Rector Dalil Boubakeur voices "horror" at the "unspeakable acts" which had targeted "absolutely innocent"...

Islamic State's sexual enslaving of women and girls as young as 11 have provoked international outrage

Hollande and Rouhani insist on the importance of the Vienna peace talks to resolve the conflict in Syria

Leader of a breakaway Afghan Taliban faction fighting for control of the militant movement shot by a bodyguard

As gunmen stormed a concert hall, Sébastien went back and pulled a woman back through a window

For an operation like Paris, having operatives with connections in Europe is key

The two leaders spoke to reporters after a bilateral meeting ahead of an Asia-Pacific summit in the Philippines

Rahimullah is one of seven high profile suspects still being hunted by investigators linked with the 2013 attack

'We are concerned about reactions by some states to end the programs being put in place' UNHCR

Hadi's return comes just days after Prime Minister Khaled Bahah announced return of his government to Aden

Facebook now plans to activate Safety Check for more human disasters