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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

Human Rights Watch says photographs show cluster munitions were dropped on Kafr Halab village on October 4

246 people are wounded, with 48 still in intensive care

Gaza Health Ministry spokesperson says the woman killed was aged 30 and pregnant, her daughter was three

State news agency says Emad missile is able to strike targets with high-level of precision and completely destroy them

Robin Raphel is part of a federal counterintelligence investigation over allegations of spying for Pakistan

Dutch Safety Board says it will not assign blame nor say who pulled the trigger

Cheap, effective and quickly installed, ad-blockers reduce clutter on web pages, speed up performance

Indian govt asks people to lend gold to banks through Gold Monetisation Scheme to bring national stash into economy

Nato spokesman in Afghanistan confirms attack but says international coalition is still gathering further information

Even the London Film Festival's biggest stars seemed humbled by the teenager and her aspirations

The Palestinian casualties were the result of "barbaric and racist" Israeli military actions, the MPs charged

We have implemented Allah's ruling against them, which is the death sentence, says al Qaeda statement

The incident adds to a raging row over what is seen as rising intolerance towards Muslims, other religious minorities

Health Minister says 186 people were wounded including 28 who are in intensive care; rules out security shortcomings

Modi accuses opposition of failing to better the state's fortunes in their combined six decades in power

Report comes weeks after Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Washington