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Azeri president appoints his wife as vice president - decree

It does not describe the first vice president's main duties, but it is expected they will include overseeing the cabinet. Aliyeva, 52, studied at the Moscow S...

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Italy's Former PM Renzi Resigns as Democratic Party's Leader

Two days after a tense party assembly, the future of Italy's centre-left ruling party, the Partito Democratico (PD), is still threatened by a split from disgrun...

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Manchester City v AS Monaco, Champions League 2016/17

Sign up to our daily newsletter for your chance to win. "All of Europe is going to watch us, to analyse us, to kill us if we don't win, to say how good we are...

Court of Appeal upholds High Court judgment in civil partnership case

All three judges - Lady Justice Arden, Lord Justice Briggs and Lord Justice Beatson - agreed that the discrimination against heterosexual couples could not last...

UNSC deeply saddened by death of Russian ambassador Churkin

Born Feb. 21, 1952, in Moscow, Churkin died a day before his 65th birthday. Russia's Foreign Ministry says Vitaly Churkin's death was unexpected but gave no d...

Japanese pool player's weird post-match interview has Twitter in hysterics

Only so". Taken by surprise, the reporter tries to hold back laughter as he responds: " I've not ever done an interview quite like this Naoyuki ". To conclu...

Mumbai civic polls: 95% of cops on poll duty today

At the polling booth in Nagpur at Bharat Mahila Vidyalaya, RSS Chief Mohan Bhagawat turned up for an early vote. "They (authorities) could not find my name as t...

Kim Jong-nam murder video? Airport CCTV footage may reveal assassination

According to CBS News' Adriana Diaz, police would not say what country or countries the suspects fled to, but said Malaysia is working with Interpol and other r...

Elor Azaria Sentenced to 18-Month Jail Term

Prosecutors have asked that Azaria be sentenced on Tuesday to 3-5 years in prison. Dozens of Azaria's supporters gathered outside the court ahead of the sente...

Iran summons Turkish ambassador over Ankara's comments

Ghasemi said Iran may soon lose its patience with Turkey if it continues making "sarcastic remarks against Iran", the official IRNA news agency reported. Repo...

Nigeria Demands AU Action Over Renewed South Africa Xenophobia

Anyene said the union had reported the incident to the Nigerian mission and South African police. " As we speak, five buildings with Nigerian businesses, incl...

Post mortem unable to determine cause of Kim Jong Nam's death

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A quick look at the key Iraqi city of Mosul

Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander of offensive operations across Iraq , said in an official statement that "Mosul would be a tough fight for any army in the...

United Nations special envoy Tadamichi Yamamoto in Pakistan to reduce tension with Afghanistan

The Haqqani Network, Afghan Taliban, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), basically terror groups operating against Afghanistan and India, are consid...

Donald Trump blames weird Sweden comment on Fox News report

Beyond the garbled syntax, Swedes and others were puzzled by Trump's remark as nothing particularly unusual had happened in Sweden. The Swedish Embassy in W...

Watch Mike Pence Calm the Nerves of Frazzled Europeans

Pence also met European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker, a former Luxembourg premier, who stressed that the United States 'needs a strong united Europe.'....

It's conscience vs trust as Edappadi government awaits fate

Challenging the validity of Saturday's Trust vote in the Tamil Nadu Assembly, the Opposition DMK has moved the court, requesting for its cancellation, reports ...

Trump Picks Afghanistan Experienced General As New NSA

Trump made the announcement at his Mar-a-Lago getaway in Palm Beach, Fla., where he has been interviewing candidates to replace Michael T. Flynn, who was forc...

Headstones damaged at Jewish cemetery

Karen Aroesty, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, said she had an emotional reaction to seeing the headstones damaged. Family members drove to t...

Twin blasts in Charsadda, casualties feared

There were, however, conflicting reports of how many blasts took place. One attacker blew himself up at the main gate while two others were killed when they ope...

Mugabe concerned by lack of candidates

The US Congress passed the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act in 2001, effectively banning Mugabe and his allies from travelling to the US. "I was s...

West Mosul residents told battle is imminent as Iraqi forces begin moving

On Friday, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said that some 5,000 Iraqis had finished months-long training to join the campaign to liberate Mosul and fight against t...

Trump lawyer sent Flynn a plan to lift Russian Federation sanctions

Alexander Hug, chief of a monitoring mission for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, says there has been a significant reduction in armed i...

Tech's wrestling coach Kevin Dresser takes his talents to Iowa State

But his wrestling roots were in Iowa. "While the in-season timing is admittedly not ideal and disappointing to hear, the opportunity for someone to return hom...

Trade of DeMarcus Cousins to New Orleans Pelicans becomes official

Divac's honesty is very unusual, especially since throughout the press conference he said it was his decision to trade Cousins - not Kings owner Vivek Ranad...

National Parks offering free entry on Presidents Day

Participating national parks in OR are Crater Lake National Park and Lewis & Clark National Historical Park. The trivia round isn't done, though. To celebra...

Pakistan moves towards Afghan Border with heavy artillery

On Monday, Gen Bajwa who is the Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan said that security measures along the border with the neighbour country Afghanistan were part of...

Woman raped near Hauz Khas village

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Bao Bao prepares to leave United States for China

She is three and a half years old. Since then, Bao Bao, whose name means "precious treasure" in Chinese, has grown from about the size of a stick of butter to...

Sunday liquor sales hit the House floor

This is the first time in state history that a legislative chamber has passed a bill overturning the Sunday ban, a law that has been in effect since 1858 stateh...

Trump 'evaluating the situation' involving Flynn, Russia

Flynn", the statement continued , "and also speaking to various other people about what he considers the single most important subject there is: our national s...

South Sudan Region Descends Into 'Man-Made' Famine

Speaking at a news conference in Juba today, Isaiah Chol Aruai, Chairman of South Sudan's National Bureau of Statistics, said: "in greater Unity state, some cou...