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Juanita Castro, a sister of late Cuban leader Fidel Castro who has lived in Miami for decades, will not attend his funeral, local media has reported.

Four heavily-armed suicide bombers attacked a mosque at an army facility in northwestern Pakistan's tribal region near Afghan border on Saturday, triggering fierce clashes that left all militants and two soldiers dead.

An Iranian official has told state TV that the death toll from a train collision in the country's north has increased to 31.

The US TV station called Smith's to enquire about Wednesday's incident and a manager confirmed what happened.

The Afghan intelligence officials also said they repeatedly asked Western forces to share information about local employees at the vast Bagram air base in order to check for "suspicious people among them", but were refused.

A section of stairs from the Eiffel Tower in Paris sold for more than half a million euros, said auctioneers today - more than 10 times the pre-sale estimate.

The ministry will continue random inspections, disclose inspection results in a timely manner, and better publicise relevant rules and regulations.

Pakistan's powerful army chief Raheel Sharif began a round of farewell visits on Monday, his spokesman said, damping speculation he might receive an extension when his three-year term ends this month.

Battle-hardened Pakistan army is "equally ready" to fight conventional wars after registering an "unprecedented level of successes" in its war against terror, army chief General Raheel Sharif has said.

The 2012 Republican presidential nominee and one of Trump's most vocal Republican Party critics during this year's election campaign, met privately with the President-elect for about an hour at Trump's private golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey.

A petition asked the Obama administration to declare Pakistan as a State Sponsor of Terrorism

Photos of US President-elect Donald Trump's landmark first talks with a foreign leader show his daughter Ivanka was present, underscoring the family's influence as he readies to take power.

A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a wedding gathering in a town west of the Iraqi capital on Thursday, killing at least 16 people, officials said.

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday said that President-elect Donald Trump's views on climate change might change when he "assumes office" and the Paris Agreement has a framework that is "built to last".

Chinese websites are censoring "Kim Fatty the Third," a nickname widely used to disparage North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, after officials from his country reportedly conveyed their displeasure in a meeting with their Chinese counterparts.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Wednesday to withdraw Russia from the International Criminal Court, which rules on such grave charges as genocide and crimes against humanity.