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Wearing traditional Palestinian keffiyeh scarves or the colors of the Palestinian flag, protesters in front of the White House also held placards denouncing Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem and the West Bank.

Al Franken, the 66-year-old former comedian from Minnesota, has the highest profile of the lawmakers hit by allegations in the past few weeks.

Russia's defence ministry today said its mission to oust Islamic State jihadists from Syria had been "accomplished" with the country "completely liberated" from the extremist group.

"I have determined that it is time to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel," Trump said from the White House.

In an appeal at the end of his weekly general audience, Francis called for all to honour United Nations resolutions on the city, which is sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims.

US President Donald Trump is expected to announce on Wednesday that the United States recognises Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and will move its embassy there, breaking with longtime US policy and potentially stirring unrest.

The explosion hit the Phramongkutklao Hospital in the Thai capital, Bangkok, in May on the third anniversary of a 2014 military coup. The hospital is popular with soldiers and their families and retired military officers.

As the Sunni militant group's self-proclaimed caliphate crumbles following defeats in Iraq and Syria, thousands suspected of joining it have been captured, detained, and put on trial.

Veteran former president Ali Abdullah Saleh was killed in a shooting on Monday after switching sides in Yemen's civil war, abandoning his Iran-aligned Houthi allies in favour of a Saudi-led coalition, foes and supporters said.

Acknowledging that Pakistan has not taken steps it promised after the announcement of the South Asia Strategy, a senior Trump administration official said that the White House is still hopeful that Pakistan sees that it is in its interest to co-operate on...

Trump's tweet: "I had to fire General Flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the FBI. He has pled guilty to those lies. It is a shame because his actions during the transition were lawful. There was nothing to hide!"

Donald Trump's comments came after a guilty plea by his first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, to lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Queen Elizabeth's grandson Harry, 33, fifth-in-line to the throne, and US actress Markle, 36, previously best known for her leading role in U.S. legal drama "Suits", announced their engagement on Monday, igniting a transatlantic media frenzy.

Questioning of their relatives led police to a graveyard where the bodies were exhumed, said the officer, who suspected the two families colluded in the killing.

The government climbdown will be seen as an embarrassment for the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party ahead of elections likely in mid-2018, and underlines the power of religious groups in the nuclear-armed nation of 207 million.

Myanmar has bristled at pressure from Western nations over its armed forces' brutal response to August attacks on security posts by Rohingya Muslim militants in the western state of Rakhine.