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The contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill, which seeks to provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, was passed by Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.

Several hundred militants attacked a base in the western Niger town of Inates over a period of three hours on Tuesday evening.

After failing to deliver Brexit by an October 31 deadline, Boris Johnson called the December 12 election to break what he cast as political paralysis that had thwarted Britain's departure and sapped confidence in the economy.

Refusing to call it an anti-Semitic attack, Mayor Steven Fulop said the surveillance video showed the gunmen driving slowly through the city's streets and then stopping outside a kosher grocery store, where they calmly got out of their van and immediately...

Justice Department report said that FBI agents were not motivated by political bias in deciding to open investigations into Trump campaign associates and aides during 2016 as part of the probe into Russia's election interference.

According to the researchers, the New Guinea mountain glaciers will disappear in the next 10 years -- most likely during the next strong El Nino.

On Monday, the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill got the Lok Sabha nod with a majority of 311 votes against 80 votes. It seeks to grant Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan.

Myanmar's civilian leader will appear at the International Court of Justice as the Buddhist state disputes claims that it tried to exterminate minority Rohingya Muslims in a 2017 military crackdown.

Police tracked the post to the girl, who confirmed she wrote it, according to the sheriff's office. She faces two counts of a written threat to kill and false reporting concerning a firearm.

Last month, Turkey stepped up the return of suspected foreign IS members — either held in Turkish prisons or in Syria — back to their countries of origin, saying Turkey was "not a hotel" for foreign fighters.

Saudi Arabia has also been chipping away at a guardianship system which requires all women have a male relative's approval for important decisions, though some key restrictions remain.

The police said the deaths were non-suspicious and that investigations were on.

The LuLu group had acquired the property, in the heart of London's Whitehall area near Trafalgar Square and Downing Street, in 2015 for Rs 1,025 crores and further invested Rs 512 crores towards its makeover into a luxury hotel.

Oxford Economics researchers found in a report that nine of the top 10 biggest global cities will slow next year, with the stars of the US Silicon Valley showing the most dramatic signs of slamming on the brakes.

On Wednesday, three of the four legal experts told the lawmakers that Donald Trump's conduct with Ukraine was reflective of his misuse of power of his office and was impeachable.

However, in a fiery start to the House Judiciary Committee's review, Republicans countered that Democrats were trying to reverse the 2016 election that brought Trump to power and were pushing towards impeachment without due process.