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Putin and Khamenei discussed Syria before the Russian leader headed to a summit of gas exporting countries in Tehran

Reps from 200 countries will gather in the French capital to begin talks aimed at thrashing out a new global deal

The encounter ended with the elimination of three militants of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit

Extremist groups have long been wrongfully using text from the Holy Quran to justify killings, torture and even rape

Police says Shiekh allegedly took the body on a motorcycle to an isolated location and doused it with petrol

Kadhafi's ouster in 2011 has given investigators new hope of solving Fletcher and Lockerbie crimes

A decree Putin signed on Monday enables Russian firms to help modify centrifuges and help Tehran redesign Arak reactor

Authorities have pulled out scores of bodies since huge mountain of debris collapsed onto flimsy shacks on Saturday

The Vatican Saturday charged two journalists for the 'unlawful disclosure of information and confidential documents'

Major world powers have set January 1 as the date for talks on war-torn Syria

The helicopter is presumed to have taken off from a US military base at Pyeongtaek south of Seoul

Says there is direct link between climate change, conflict and terrorism

Sooner or later we won't have a choice but to set an upper limit, says Josef Schuster

Shares in Playtech, founded by Israeli billionaire Teddy Sagi, fell as much as 12.3 per cent in early trading

Pakistan-Afghanistan Joint Economic Commission meeting was previously scheduled to be held in August

Cameron says IS is not some remote problem thousands of miles away; it is a direct threat to UK's security

Belgians dutifully obeyed the police request

Security forces recently killed 28 members of a group that carried out a deadly attack at a coal mine in Aksu

Mullah Akhtar Mansour names Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai as head of political office in Qatar

French security forces have made nearly 300 arrests in the Paris region since the attacks of November 13

More than 600 babies in Tokyo wriggled to the finish line in the three-metre race

Islamic State has been listed as a terror organisation by Turkey since its emergence

Police said the 70-year-old victim too was Palestinian, apparently from the occupied West Bank

The law student has claimed $531 in damages each for the more than 25,000 signatories to his lawsuit

The incident occurred while more than 100 people were gathered at the shrine; however none were injured

Russia and Iran both support the Damascus regime in Syria

British PM says he will make his case to parliament in the coming days about joining air strikes on Syria

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirms army's advance, says it is backed by Russian warplanes, helicopters

Television footage shows charred wreckage strewn over field as police keep back dozens of onlookers

Sunni-ruled Bahrain, key ally of West, has been rocked by Shia-led uprising since February 2011

Successful launch of missile’s upgraded version provides boost to India’s ballistic missile defence capability

The two went on to have talks as Hollande is expected to reveal plans for an international coalition against IS

The siege left 19 people dead, including 14 foreigners, as well as two attackers

Sources say 21 bodies were brought to Upper and Lower Dir districts in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa for burial

South Korea has in past staged live-fire exercises near Yellow Sea border

The Syrian conflict began in 2011 with protests against four decades of Assad family rule

Residents of the town took to the streets with placards condemning the vandalism

Conservative president-elect Mauricio Macri has promised "marvellous" new era for his country

Fear of what extremists might be planning caused Belgium to call off an international soccer match last Tuesday

The 41-year-old female known as Nola saw her health take a quick turn for the worse

In late October, Obama authorised no more than 50 special operations forces to deploy to northern Syria

More than 1,000 economic migrants, mainly from Iran, Pakistan and Bangladesh,were blocked at the border crossing

Debate over the Obama administration's plan to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees over the next year has intensified

Canberra has become increasingly concerned about prospect of attacks by individuals

Attacks may deepen a "them and us" schism between France's five-million-strong Muslim population and rest of society

The project offers a 360-degree window into the war-torn city

About 500 people were at Bunny Friend playground in the city's Upper Ninth Ward for the making of a music video

Trump slightly shifted his position on tracking Muslims and closing mosques after a storm of criticism

PCB chairman said the meeting with Shashank Manohar had been "fruitful"

Police say in a statement they conducted checks but nothing suspicious was found on the plane or its passengers