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US President Donald Trump on Friday accused Qatar of being a "high level" sponsor of terrorism, potentially hindering the US Department of State's efforts to ease heightening tensions and a blockade of the Gulf nation by Arab states and others.

Japan's parliament on Friday passed a law allowing Emperor Akihito to abdicate, clearing the way for the first abdication by a Japanese monarch in nearly two centuries and the accession of his son, Crown Prince Naruhito, probably late next year.

Labour's hard-left leader Jeremy Corbyn has repeatedly beaten the odds in his long and colourful political career and he appears to have done so again with an unexpectedly strong result in Britain's national election.

US officials told CNN that intelligence gathered by the US security agencies indicate that Russian hackers were behind the intrusion first reported by the Qatari government two weeks ago

Referring to the 19 rounds of boundary talks held by the special representatives of both sides, Hua said both sides have "taken serious measures to maintain peace and tranquility of the border areas."

The former head of South Africa's main opposition party has been suspended from party activities following tweets in which she said colonialism had some positive results.

While other world leaders have strongly condemned President Donald Trump's decision to abandon the Paris climate accord, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday he won't judge.

Elon Musk’s automobile company Tesla, known for its environment friendly and futuristic cars, has fired a female engineer who had made claims of ‘unwanted and pervasive harassment’ in the organisation.

Meanwhile, Senators Patrick Leahy and Al Franken released a letter that they had written to Comey requesting an FBI inquiry into Attorney General Sessions' testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee and his contacts with Russian officials.

Russian President Vladimir Putin asserted on Thursday that Russia's "trust-based" relations with India will not be diluted by Moscow's growing ties with Pakistan and other countries.

Pakistan Supreme Court judge Azmat Saeed Sheikh on Thursday said the ruling PML-N government was acting like "the Sicilian Mafia, which would threaten judges".

Clinton, in a lengthy interview at a tech conference in California, for the first time went into detail about the reasons behind her loss to Republican Donald Trump.

A Malaysia Airlines plane was forced to return to the airport here after a mentally-ill passenger threatened to detonate a bomb and tried to enter the cockpit.

The French embassy in Kabul was damaged in Wednesday's car bomb attack.

Cyclone Mora hit Bangladesh Tuesday packing winds of up to 117 kilometres per hour (73mph) after authorities evacuated hundreds of thousands of people from low-lying coastal villages.

The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility for the attack, which Iraqi officials said involved apparently remotely detonated explosives inside a parked car