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Pakistan Issues 'Last Warning' to Islamists Blocking Entrance to Capital
Hundreds of supporters of the Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan party have been blocked the road to Islamabad for nearly 10 days, demanding that the minister of law be sacked for what they term blasphemy.
Fiji to Move More Than 40 Villages Inland as Seas Rise
Fiji plans to move more than 40 villages to higher ground to escape coastal floods and is also working on ways to help future migrants from other Pacific island nations as sea levels rise, Fiji's attorney general said.
It Happens Only in Japan: Railways 'Deeply Sorry' After Train Leaves 20 Seconds Early
The Tsukuba Express train linking Tokyo and the capital's northern suburbs pulled out of Minami Nagareyama Station at 9:44:20 instead of 9:44:40.
Donald Trump Says US Have Dealt ISIS One Crushing Defeat After Another
"I urged the leaders to drive out the terrorists and extremists from their societies. Since that time, we have dealt Islamic State (ISIS) one crushing defeat after another," Trump said on Wednesday in a televised address to the nation,
Zimbabwe Army Seizes Power, Says President Robert Mugabe 'Safe'
"We wish to assure the nation that his excellency the president... and his family are safe and sound and their security is guaranteed.
Going Strong After 70 Years: UK's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip Celebrate Platinum Anniversary
Princess Elizabeth, as she was at the time, married dashing naval officer Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten at London's Westminster Abbey on Nov. 20, 1947, just two years after the end of World War Two, in a lavish ceremony attended by statesmen and royalty f...
Russia Posts Video Game Image as 'Proof' US Helps ISIS
The ministry's official account said the black-and-white images were taken on November 9 near the Syria-Iraq border and provided "irrefutable proof that the US is providing cover to IS combat units".
Iran's Quake Death Toll Rises to 530, More Than 8,000 Injured: IRNA
Iran said on Tuesday that rescue operations had ended in the western province of Kermanshah that was hit on Sunday by the 7.3-magnitude quake.
UN Chief Asks Aung San Suu Kyi to Allow Return of Rohingya Refugees
Separately on the margins of the ASEAN summit in Manila, the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson also met Suu Kyi and discussed the humanitarian crisis in the Rakhine state.
Another Woman Accuses Former US President George HW Bush of Groping
Roslyn Corrigan told Time magazine that she was 16 when Bush grabbed her buttocks as she posed for a photo with him in 2003 at a gathering of CIA officers north of Houston. She attended the event with her mother and father, who was an intelligence analyst...
Republican Candidate Accused of Abusing Teen Denies Sexual Misconduct
Roy Moore -- a former state judge and Christian evangelical whose defence of a Ten Commandments display brought him national attention -- added he had "never engaged in sexual misconduct."
Sri Lanka Government Faces Pressure Over Torture, Rape Allegations
The men's anguished descriptions of their abuses come nearly a decade after Sri Lanka's civil war ended and days ahead of a review of the Indian Ocean nation by the U.N.'s top human rights body.
27 Killed, 69 Injured as Bus Falls Into Ravine in Pakistan
The bus carrying more than 100 people was going from Kohat to Raiwind when the accident took place in Kallar Kahar town on Wednesday night.
Oxford Islamic Academic Tariq Ramadan Takes Leave After Rape Allegations
Geneva-born academic Tariq Ramadan, the grandson of Hasan al-Banna, an Islamist thinker and activist who founded the Muslim Brotherhood, has denied allegations made by the two women, including author Henda Ayari, who said he raped her at a Muslim conventi...
Saudi Crown Prince Calls Iran Supply of Rockets 'Military Aggression'
Prince Mohammed bin Salman's comments were published after Saudi air defence forces intercepted a ballistic missile that Saudi Arabia said was fired towards Riyadh on Saturday by the Iran-allied Houthi militia, which controls large parts of neighbouring Y...
China Tests New Dredger Capable of South China Sea Project, Claims State Media
State-run Beijing News newspaper said the Tian Kun began water tests on Friday. A cutter suction dredger is a type of a ship used for large-scale projects to create or reclaim land.