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Pyongyang is on a quest to develop a long-range missile capable of hitting the US mainland with a nuclear warhead, and has so far staged five nuclear tests, two of them last year.

The pope had voiced his condolences Sunday for victims of the double bombing, which has led Egypt to declare a three-month state of emergency.

Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven main industrialised countries are meeting in the Italian town of Lucca later on Monday before US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson flies to Moscow tomorrow.

British travellers to the US face the uncomfortable choice of handing over personal information, including social media passwords and mobile phone contacts, or running the risk of being denied entry to the country, under a new "extreme vetting" policy bei...

The massive strike -- US President Donald Trump's biggest military decision since taking office -- marked a dramatic escalation in American involvement in Syria's six-year civil war.

US officials said Russian commanders in Syria were informed of the strike beforehand in order to avoid casualties that could prompt a broader crisis.

It was the first direct American assault on the Syrian government and Trump's most dramatic military order since becoming president just over two months ago.

In addition, the action has inflicted "considerable damage" to already "lamentable" US-Russia ties, the Kremlin warned in a statement.

Russian investigators on Thursday arrested several people suspected of links to a suicide bomber accused of attacking the city's subway earlier this week, and found elements of an explosive device in the apartment where they lived.

Many, including last year's attack on an upmarket cafe in Dhaka in which 22 people including 18 foreign hostages were killed, have also been claimed by the Islamic State group.

The Prime Minister deeply appreciated China's diplomatic and material support to Pakistan in its fight against terrorism.

China on Thursday lodged a protest with Indian Ambassador Vijay Gokhale over the 81-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader's visit to the area.

More than one in 10 deaths globally was caused due to smoking in 2015 and over 50 percent of them took place in just four countries, one of which was India, a new study on Thursday said.

China's President Xi Jinping, on the way to his eagerly awaited first encounter with Donald Trump, met his Finnish counterpart in Helsinki Wednesday, saying there was "great potential" for future bilateral trade ties.

All evidence points to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad being behind a suspected chemical weapons attack which left more than 70 dead in a rebel-held town, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Wednesday.

The European Parliament will on Wednesday lay down its "red lines" for negotiations over a Brexit deal, on which the assembly will have the final say in two years' time.