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Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) has nominated Abbasi as interim Prime Minister until Sharif's brother Shehbaz is eligible.

A policeman fired five bullets from an assault rifle into Muhammad al-Maghrabi, 41, as he lay with his hands handcuffed behind his back on a blanket on the ground in Sanaa's Tahrir Square, after a judge read out the death sentence.

The Turkish soldiers were filmed allegedly beating up and verbally abusing four young Syrians who attempted to cross the border illegally. The Syrians were sent back.

The law, already approved by the Duma, the lower house of parliament, will ban the use of virtual private networks (VPNs) and other technologies, known as anonymizers, that allow people to surf the web anonymously. It comes into force on November 1.

In his first six months in office, Trump has upended White House convention with a loose decision-making style and an open-door policy to his Oval Office for advisers, both internal and external. Infighting among his senior staff has become bitter and pub...

Senior opposition leader Henrique Capriles called on Venezuelans to continue defying the deeply unpopular Nicolas Maduro with new protests against the election and the "massacre" he said accompanied it.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that 755 US diplomats must leave his country, after Moscow announced it would expel American staff in retaliation for tough new sanctions from Washington.

The former Princess of Wales, who was killed in a car crash in Paris 20 years ago, had recorded the tapes with Peter Settelen at Kensington Palace in 1992-1993.

"We were very surprised at the scene," the official Xinhua news agency quoted a policeman as saying. "She looked in her thirties and was different from the photos we had."

John Kelly had only been retired from the military eight months when Donald Trump tapped him after last November's election to run his Department of Homeland Security, a position that put Kelly in charge of the administration's policies on issues includin...

As part of this objective, US Senator McCain calls for strengthening the Afghan security forces, authorisation of US forces to target terrorists of the Haqqani network and the Taliban and others.

The Supreme Court dismissed Sharif after an investigative panel alleged his family could not account for its vast wealth.

Macron's announcement came two days after he brokered talks in Paris between the leaders of the two rival authorities in war-torn Libya, who agreed to a conditional ceasefire.

With the Senate deadlocked, Mike Pence was forced to cast the tie-breaking vote. Senator John McCain, who was diagnosed with brain cancer and has been recovering at home, made a dramatic return to cast a crucial vote in favor of proceedings.

Pell, 76, a top adviser to Pope Francis, was escorted into Melbourne Magistrates' Court by police through a large crowd of media, protesters and supporters.

Wang Yi, on a two-day visit to Manila, made the remarks after President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said a partner had been found to develop oil fields and exploration and exploitation would restart this year.