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A cyclone battered refugee camps in Bangladesh on Tuesday where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar have taken refuge from violence at home, as authorities moved at least 350,000 Bangladeshis out of harm's way.

Defeated hardline candidate Ebrahim Raisi has complained of voter fraud in Iran's presidential election and called on the judiciary and the election watchdog to investigate, the semi-official Fars news agency said on Monday.

North Korea is still thought to be several years away from its goal of being able to target US mainland cities with a nuclear ICBM, but each new test puts it closer to success.

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's son Hussain Nawaz was on Sunday interrogated by a Supreme Court-appointed joint investigation team probing his family's business dealings abroad, in the high-profile Panama Papers case.

However, the suspect himself gave some insight into the events that led to the shootings in an interview with a newspaper.

Succumbing to the demands of Islamic radicals and a promise made by Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to religious conservatives, the Greek-styled goddess of justice statue was removed from the Supreme Court premises as it was something which was “n...

Former U.S. President Barack Obama told an audience in Berlin on Thursday that prosperous nations could not "hide behind a wall" to shield themelves from the turmoil and poverty afflicting other countries.

Chinese officials have repeatedly urged Pakistan to strengthen security for its companies and individuals, especially in resource-rich Baluchistan, where China is building a port and funding roads to link its western regions with the Arabian Sea.

"The Belt and Road initiative has no military or geostrategic intent. China is not seeking the right to guide global affairs, or spheres of influence, and will not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries."

Indonesian police said on Wednesday that there had been two explosions in the eastern part of the capital Jakarta near a bus station.

Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' on Wednesday resigned after a brief stint of nine months, honouring a power sharing understanding reached between his party and the ruling partner Nepali Congress.

Some messages described the attack as an act of revenge in response to air strikes in Iraq and Syria.

But Flynn quickly faced fresh accusations from a top Democrat saying he misled the Pentagon about his Russia contacts one year ago.

A man accused of mowing down pedestrians in Times Square, killing a teenage Michigan tourist and injuring 22 others, said he had been trying to get psychiatric help.

Hundreds of supporters of Zia's BNP staged a protest outside the two-storey office building.

Batista told Temer that he was paying money to make sure that Cunha -- thought to have encyclopedic knowledge of Brazil's notoriously dirty political world -- would keep quiet while serving his sentence for taking bribes.