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Incident comes hours after 20 killed in mass shooting in El Paso, Texas

The 16-member forum mainly consists of small island nations, along with Papua New Guinea, Australia, and New Zealand

The mother and son dash across the US border, caught on camera, as the officers glance away

55 individuals rescued, six others still missing

The preservation of the Amazon regarded as vital in the attempt to curb global warming

Taliban source says efforts underway to organise direct meeting between Zalmay Khalilzad and Mullah Baradar

Dual national Saeed Malekpour was initially sentenced to death for designing a pornographic website

Activists call for mass strike across transportation networks and business districts

Johnson says he wants to leave the EU with a deal but insists the current terms are unacceptable

Also commends efforts by Turkey and Russia to restore the ceasefire agreed in September 2018

Pet owners are generally healthier people, cope better with conditions like autism, dementia, cardiovascular disease

Mass shooting in Texas, police investigate possible hate crime

Focus of protesters’ anger is a prohibition on a number of opposition-minded candidates

Suspect identified as 21-year-old white male; reports suggest FBI may open domestic terror investigation

Report says invitation extended by Senator Rand Paul with permission from president was turned down for now

Indian media suggest New Delhi might trifurcate disputed region

Pakistan condemns int'l law violation; experts say New Delhi using cluster weapons to instill fear among Kashmiris 

Rajeev Panwar, an Indian politician's nephew, was sentenced to a seven-year jail term on rape charges

'Initial deal to end war would see US force in Afghanistan reduced to as low as 8,000'

Since 2000, around 100 reporters have been killed in the country

Thirty-one other passengers and crew were plucked out of the water

Ambassador to UN Zhang Jun says Beijing will take 'necessary countermeasures' to protect its rights

Following Washington's withdrawal from the INF treaty

The Indian government has admitted that 10,000 extra troops were sent to occupied Kashmir a week ago

According to the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, more than 1,500 civilians were killed or wounded in July

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Police use teargas shells and rubber bullets against the protestors

The long-standing conflict that has left tens of thousands dead since the 1960s

The area of land for cultivating coca leaf dropped from 171,000 hectares in 2017 to 169,000 in 2018

Japan removes South Korea from favoured trading nations list

Arrests follow the fatal shooting of four children & two demonstrators during a rally in Al-Obeid

Under decades of rule by PAP Singapore transformed from a gritty port into one of Asia's most advanced economies

Trump brushes aside the short-range missile launches in his tweets

He is under investigation for corruption dating back to when he was deputy to Yameen

Officials say Tehran’s moves can be reversed as long as the remaining signatories uphold their commitments

A guard present when the attack occurred manages to escape unharmed

Wang says he hopes China’s relations with Australia could be back on track as soon as possible

The victim resisted arrest but was unarmed, complained 11 times that he could not breathe

A day after two separate attacks hit security forces in Aden killing at least 49 people

Police had previously stated that officers had shot the teen dead within a minute

Authorities arrest nearly 1,400 and launch a criminal probe into the movement

The ban will apply to all restaurants, cafes and vending machines, though not to planes using the airport

Trump's immigration policy has been the subject of numerous court challenges

It comes after prolonged negotiations between Sudan's ruling military council and leaders of the protest movement

The semi-autonomous southern Chinese financial hub has seen two months of protests and clashes

Moscow denies involvement in the poisoning and has offered numerous and varied alternative explanations

US and the Taliban are soon expected to begin their eighth round of talks in Doha

After the US withdrew from a Cold War-era pact with Russia

At least two people had to be rescued from the debris after being trapped

Firefighter call local government animal control experts to sedate the raccoon