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Scores of Boko Haram jihadists in trucks stormed the base at Zari village in northern Borno state late Thursday and briefly seized it after a fierce battle.

Chrystia Freeland, hit a less optimistic note , while she participated in marathon talks aiming to reach a deal with the US to overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement,

Around 3,400 people have donated 58,182 pounds for the balloon stunt, which seeks to remove Sadiq Khan at the next local election in 2020 over what organisers claim is his poor record on cutting crime in the British capital.

Rodrigo Duterte was referring to a recent police report that Davao, his hometown where he once served as mayor, had recorded several instances of sexual violence.

In a letter to the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pakistan's embassy in Kabul complained about intervention by the governor of Nangarhar province and requested that he refrain from interfering in the functioning of the consulate.

Some 10,000 supporters of the Tehreek-i-Labaik group, which helped Imran Khan to become prime minister following last month's national elections, called on Imran Khan to cut diplomatic ties with the Netherlands.

The ban has run into legal problems, with a lawyer saying he plans to file a petition to overturn the restrictions on the grounds of administrative over-reach.

Marriott International, which bought Starwood two years ago, has begun putting copies of the Bible and the Book of Mormon in the recently-acquired hotels. By year's end, it expects to place the books in 300,000 rooms.

John Cooper, 69, and his wife Susan Cooper, a 63-year old who worked for the holiday company in Britain, were staying at the Steigenberger Aqua Magic Hotel and died within hours of each other on Tuesday.

El Salvador, one of the 18 countries which recognised Taiwan as a separate nation, on Tuesday broke off ties with it and established diplomatic relations with China.

After hitting the Big Island, the storm is expected to churn north over the islands of Maui, Lanai and Moloka'i, which were all under hurricane and flash flood watches.

Venezuela is not in a good shape to deal with a natural disaster. It is already wrestling with a crippling economic crisis with medicine running short, hospitals barely able to function and some severe shortages of basics such as chicken and milk.

Cohen pleaded guilty earlier on Tuesday to campaign finance violations and other charges, saying he made payments to influence the 2016 election at the direction of an unnamed candidate.

US Secretary of State Micheal Pompeo and Secretary of Defence James Mattis will travel to New Delhi next month for the 2+2 dialogue,agreed upon during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Washington.

Pervaiz Khattak has been appointed the defence minister while Asad Umer will be the finance minister. Khattak served as the chief minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province from 2013-18.

The 'London Declaration on Referendum 2020' rally, organised by Sikhs for Justice on August 12, triggered a diplomatic row as India had warned the UK to take bilateral ties into consideration.