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Having intervened decisively in the Syrian war in 2015 in support of President Bashar al-Assad, Russia now hopes to build on the collapse of Islamic State to launch a new political process towards ending the six-year-long conflict.

At least eight people were killed and 11 others injured in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday after a gunman in a truck ploughed through a busy bike path, an incident the US termed as an "act of terrorism".

Police shot the 29-year-old driver and took him into custody after he jumped out of the truck with what turned out to be a fake gun in each hand. It's the latest in a string of incidents where drivers have used their vehicles as weapons.

The vote, which saw President Uhuru Kenyatta winning with 98 percent of the votes cast, was the chaotic climax of two months of political drama and acrimony triggered by the Supreme Court's overturning of an initial August poll over widespread irregularit...

Near space, which begins at about 20km above sea level, has until now been regarded a "death zone" for drones due to thin air and extremely low temperatures.

The former prime minister, whose elected government was toppled in a 2014 coup, was sentenced to five years in prison in absentia last month for failing to stop graft in a rice policy.

Paul Manafort, who steered Trump's campaign for much of last year, and business associate Rick Gates ended the day under house arrest on charges that they funneled payments through foreign companies and bank accounts as part of their private political wor...

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders strongly refuted any reports of Donald Trump Campaign's collusion with the Russians.

While the prevalence of sexual harassment and abuse fueled a raging public debate, the "Me Too" movement also sparked a series of difficult and revelatory private conversations for some women with their spouses, partners and family members.

In earlier police questioning, the 46-year-old Danish inventor Peter Madsen said Swedish journalist Kim Wall had died in an accident when a heavy submarine hatch fell on her head, but he has now changed his story to say she died of carbon monoxide poisoni...

Qandeel, 26, was murdered last year, allegedly by her brother Muhammad Waseem, who said he killed her in the name of 'honour.'

A leader of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in Ajiri Yala said that a male suicide bomber disguised as a worshipper entered the mosque and detonated his explosives while people were gathering for the morning prayers in northeastern Nigeria.

Israel says the demolition policy, in place since 1967, is a means of deterring future attackers.

In a reply to a letter by two girls from a family who wrote to Chinese President Xi Jinping introducing their township in Lhunze county in Tibet, Xi told them to to "set down roots" near the Sino-India border and safeguard Chinese territory.

Republicans are traditionally opposed to letting the deficit grow. But in a stark reversal of that stance, the party's budget resolution, previously passed by the Senate, called for adding up to $1.5 trillion to federal deficits over the next decade to pa...

Supported by Russian air power and Iran-backed militias, Assad appears militarily unassailable and last month Assad ally Hezbollah declared victory in the Syrian war.