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France's main business lobby group, the Medef, is sending a delegation comprising more than 100 firms to Iran

The six men were flown to the Omani capital Muscat with a rebel delegation attending talks

French President says no EU country should be exempt from taking in people with the right to asylum

Trump says he has Muslim friends but religion’s extreme elements are responsible for terrorist attacks

Vatican spokesperson says the pope had a "very informal and friendly" conversation with Fidel

IAEA's inquiry into allegations about Iran's nuclear programme needs to be finished by December 15

Today, the operation is responsible for delivering aid to 40,000 quake victims

Say their 'flag' symbolises the unhealthily close link they believe the head of state has with China and Russia

75-year-old president of BCCI died in a hospital in his hometown of Kolkata

Critics remark the appointment is “scandalous” observing it meant 'oil trumps human rights'

Carson says he thought US president's faith should be "consistent with the Constitution"

Police arrived at the scene following reports of a suspicious male carrying a large rucksack up to the building

Manoel Izo carries his 20-month-old daughter around on his crutches

Firecrackers went off in celebration in Kathmandu as President Ram Baran Yadav announced adoption of the constitution

The six were expected to leave the country on board an Omani plane carrying Huthi rebel officials to Muscat

The blast in Zurmat district in the troubled province bordering Pakistan hit a police vehicle and killed five officers

Visa officers will no longer ask the applicants to prove they are refugees through a United Nations refugee agency

The pilot of the plane and the driver of the car were injured and were transported to hospital

US official says their training in Turkey lasted two months and they went directly to front lines with Daesh

Four children were among the victims of the accident involving a boat carrying 46 migrants

Palin criticises Obama for ‘jumping in cases prematurely to interject himself as the cool saviour’

Oman, one of six countries in Gulf Cooperation Council, has been neutral in the conflict in Yemen

Attack on a planned accommodation for migrants is the latest sign of tension as migrants flow to the country

Analysis shows scores of fighters from national army, police and special forces have left in recent months

Ihab steps off the train at Luebeck station and, seeing his family on the platform, breaks into a run

Experts cite drugs, gang wars and the proliferation of arms as factors

A fire drill at a school in China left more than 190 people injured, nine critically, after participants inhaled smoke

Zoo has Sumatran tigers which are listed as critically endangered by International Union for Conservation of Nature

The man, had been climbing up the statue which represents liberty in the middle of the vast square when he slipped

Obama called for an international framework to prevent Internet from being weaponized as a tool of national aggression

Smugglers may not provide enough life jackets and they are said to be much cheaper in Iraq than in Turkey

Newspaper claims food and water were dropped to workers after engineers drilled thin shaft down to roof of tunnel

State news agency says there were children among those missing

The arrests took place in the Palestinian neighbourhood of Issawiya, on Jerusalem's Mount Scopus

The belief that Obama is a Muslim is not uncommon, particularly for conservatives

Afghan president says he is aware of the bad situation of Afghans in Greece, the Balkans and Australia

The Long March-6, which uses liquid propellant, took off from a launch base in the northern province of Shanxi

Google creates three-dimensional maps using data from satellite tracking elephant collars

Around 160 murders linked to witchcraft were recorded in 2014 across 13 of India's states

Fierce clashes and heavy shelling on the two villages continued on Saturday

The 21 operations took place between 30 and 40 nautical miles off the Libyan coast

Around 150 soldiers and police have been killed in PKK bombings and shootings since the return to open conflict

"When we were on the sea ... I didn't have any hope ... I said: I am dead right now, nobody can help me"

Munich plans 16-day annual festive event as it becomes flashpoint of Europe's migrant crisis

It's the first time in 14 years that a Dutch foreign minister is visiting Iran

Several other refugees are believed to be missing

Residents said about 10 air strikes were launched on the ministry building in the north of the capital

Canada sees itself as a pioneer in multiculturalism

The Civil Defense authority said the landslide collapsed the ceiling of a four-story building in Batha Quraish area

Fierce clashes and heavy shelling on the two villages continued on Saturday.