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'Pakistan went through a period where people like us were worried whether we could survive. So while the US expected us to do more, Pakistan at that time was fighting for its own existence,' the Pakistan Prime Minister said.

France, Italy, the Netherlands and Denmark support a European-led naval mission to ensure safe shipping through the Strait after Britain proposed the idea following Iran's seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker.

There has been no confirmed defence secretary since Jim Mattis resigned in December over policy differences with Trump. Many members of Congress from both parties had urged the Republican president to act urgently to fill the powerful position.

US President Donald Trump has had tense relations with outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May despite being hosted for a state visit.

Theresa May will leave office on Wednesday after going to Buckingham Palace to see Queen Elizabeth, who will formally appoint Johnson before he enters Downing Street.

The bill targets 230 Australians who travelled to Syria and Iraq to fight for Islamic State, 80 of whom are still in active conflict zones.

The Secretariat did not give a cause of death for Amano, or say when he died. The agency said he was planning to write soon to the agency's board of governors announcing his decision to step down.

The audio shows how Britain's once mighty Royal Navy was unable to prevent the ship's seizure, which has been condemned by Britain and its European allies as they continue to call for a reduction of tensions in the vital waterway.

The absence of any competition among candidates, elections in the North are essentially a political ritual which, observers say, allows the authorities to claim a popular mandate while reinforcing loyalty to Kim's regime.

The encounter between the planes occurred on Friday, the same day that the Trump administration announced it was sanctioning four top officials in Venezuela's military counterintelligence agency.

Thousands of protesters descended on China's representative office in the city, in a direct challenge to authorities in Beijing, just hours after the latest protest to rock the Asian financial central over the bill.

According to police, a 55-year-old man was detained on suspicion of starting a blaze in the Portuguese district of Castelo Branco, where the wildfires started on Saturday before spreading to nearby Santarem.

In what police described as one of the most 'horrific' crimes, an Australian woman murdered her mother, beheaded her,and was setting it down on the footpath outside her neighbour's house when she was caught.

Khan's visit comes at a time when talks between the US and Afghan Taliban are thought to have entered a decisive phase.

Donald Trump made his position clear to reporters at the White House when, between questions about Iran and China, one asked him about growing efforts to ban plastic straws.

Tiangong-2, an improved version of Tiangong-1, is China's first space lab launched on September 15, 2016. It has worked in orbit for over 1,000 days, much longer than its two-year designed life.