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Sharif devoted much of his 20-minute speech at the UN General Assembly session to Kashmir and the current situation in the valley and said Pakistan "fully supports the demand of the Kashmiri people for self-determination".

According to police, dozens of people suspected of involvement in acts of violence have been arrested, Xinhua news agency reported.

He said that Pakistan and China were "iron brothers".

"The personal freedom of Chinese citizens is protected by law and cannot be infringed upon by hospitals or one's family members," Huang said.

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's efforts to internationalise the dispute with India appeared to have gained no traction.

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has said that her rival Republican candidate Donald Trump incites hatred and violence like never seen before in any US presidential campaign.

Thousands of people fled from a fire at a migrant camp on Lesbos on Monday night, a police official on the Greek island.

Nawaz Sharif has said he will highlight the Kashmir issue in his address at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday.

China today voiced concern over the "escalation" of violence and "rising temperatures" in Kashmir after the Uri terror attack.

The issue of world's 65.3 million displaced people takes center stage at the United Nations General Assembly Monday when leaders from around the globe converge on New York for the first-ever summit on Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants.

A 33-year-old woman in the UK has been left blind in one eye after two teenagers targeted her in a laser pen attack.

Moscow has called an urgent UN Security Council meeting after US-led coalition hit Syrian forces, killing 62 soldiers and wounding 100 more.

A witness said that the plane suddenly plunged from the sky and hit the ground.

The incident took place near Bucch railway station in Sher Shah area that overturned four bogies of the Awam Express.

French anti-terror judges have charged a woman over a failed attack near Paris' Notre Dame cathedral, where a car containing gas canisters was found last weekend.

Volunteers of Indian-Americans for Trump 2016 started old-fashioned campaigning to sell Trump and his agenda for American president among perspective voters in New Jersey's Mercer and Monmouth counties, a media release said.