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The woman accepted the invitation to step inside the mosque and was greeted with loud applause

Save the Children staff previously alleged that asylum-seekers are subject to abuse

Emily Sakamoto, student at Emory University in Atlanta, has been arrested after posting threat online

Police say victim was "moderately" wounded in stabbing near bus station in Raanana

Tawi-Tawi governor Nurbert Sahali also released a statement saying no wreckage had been found

India recorded 36,735 rape cases in 2014 with 2,096 of them in Delhi

The nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers was agreed on July 14

Hindu nationalist group wants Muslims and Christians to accept India is a nation of Hindus, pushes some to convert

Members of Hindu nationalist party Shiv Sena allegedly threw black ink on Kasuri's book launch organiser

US-British micro-economist won the prestigious award groundbreaking work on poverty alleviation

Monarch says KSA deployed "all its capabilities and efforts to provide guests of God with comfort, security & safety"

The air-crafts would still be permitted to cross Ukrainian airspace to other destination points

IMF and private analysts calculate oil-rich kingdom may run record budget deficit of $120 billion or more this year

The purchase will create world's largest privately-controlled, integrated technology company, Dell said

Fumio Kishida says cooperation council was to be set up with Iran's government to improve contacts between ministries

Taliban warn motorists to avoid the key transport corridor linking the capital to the south

UK-based monitor says regime forces entered village of Kafr Nabuda in Hama province

The picture was taken while Mullah Omar was a student at a madrassa in Kandahar, an official said

Davutoglu tells local media Turkish authorities are probing twin blasts with Daesh as their first priority

Iraq's security forces say Iraqi warplanes had struck Baghdadi's convoy as it was heading to an IS leadership meeting

Saudi Prince says Hajj is a matter of sovereignty and privilege

Child activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner's father says true manhood is to believe in women's freedom

Sources say five men arrested work for Cargo Air France division but are not elected union officials

Three governments backed by Thaksin have been forced to step down by courts or military since 2006

There have been warnings of risk of full-scale Palestinian uprising or third intifada

Iran's education ministry says arrest of Iranian teachers in Emirates and their release is being followed up

They carried out the attack to draw international attention and destabilise the country, police chief said

Hajj Minister says as many as 1.25 million pilgrims are expected to arrive each month starting next year

Obama denounces the overall tone of the Republican presidential field

Former Malaysian PM says we are here to show that we are against abuse of law on our country

A police spokesperson said he attacked an Israeli trooper who tried to search him

German auto giant is facing accusations it installed software on millions of cars worldwide to cheat emissions tests

Two of the escapees were serving life sentences on charges of extremism and terrorism

Medical professionals are reportedly refusing to discharge asylum-seeker patients if they are to be locked up again

The Indian leader urged people to come out and vote "in large numbers" as polls opened

Hamas has already branded the spiralling violence between Israelis and Palestinians an intifada

Britain's Ministry of Defence confirms it was an accident and not the result of insurgent activity

For developing India, dangerous and potholed roads have long been a way of life

Acting president of OPEC says GDP growth in 2016 will increase global oil demand by 1.3 to 1.5 million barrels per day

The then government of Rajapakse and separatist Tamil Tiger rebels blame each other for the audacious assassination

Russia has bombed command posts, training camps of what it says are radical "terrorists"

Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu declares three days of national mourning with flags flying at half-mast across country

Hindu right wing party warns of disruption if former Pakistani foreign minister's book launch is not cancelled

President Yameen told Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj that all nations should respect his nation's sovereignty

So-called red lines for talks have been laid down by Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Security forces say Iraqi air force carried out heroic operation targeting convoy of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

It is the highest-level contact between Kremlin and a Gulf Arab official since Russia's air strikes to support Assad

Chadian government says terrorist group Boko Haram has hit Baga Sola

Pope Francis asks thousands in Saint Peter's Square to pray in silence for victims after his weekly Angelus address

Claire Barnett was on her phone checking Facebook when her son fell into a pond while playing at home in March 2014