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Top officials of US and Pakistan have stressed on achieving peace and stability in South-Asia and its economic development through enhanced cooperation.

Greeks queued outside banks as they reopened three weeks after closing to stop the system collapsing, the first cautious sign of a return to normal after a deal to start talks on a new package of bailout reforms.

Cuba and the United States formally renewed diplomatic ties today, as embassies reopened in their respective capitals, a powerful move toward burying decades of enmity between the Cold War foes.

Typically, 99 per cent of North Korean voters in the de facto single-party state take part in elections and 99 percent of them cast "yes" votes for uncontested candidates.

Nineteen others, mostly British and South African nationals, from Gift of the Givers, a South African charity, were also deported to their respective countries.

Iraqi officials declared victory over Islamic State in Diyala earlier this year after security forces and Shi'ite paramilitaries drove them out of towns and villages there, but the insurgents remain active in the province.

Upping his game as dad-in-chief, Obama hung out with his daughters in New York City on Friday night and had more plans for Saturday, a rare diversion from his weekend schedules.

The New Horizons spacecraft team revealed close-up photos of those plains, which they're already unofficially calling Sputnik Planum after the world's first man-made satellite.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii issued a warning, saying "hazardous tsunami waves from this earthquake are possible within 300 km (186 miles) of the epicenter along the coasts of the Solomon Islands".

The shooter identified by the FBI as 24-year-old Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez was himself shot dead in a firefight with police.

Dozens of politicians held signs protesting against what they said was the "forced" passage of legislation that will bolster the role of Japan's military, in a way they say is anathema to the country's pacifist constitution.

Rouhani spoke minutes after US President Barack Obama's comments on the agreement struck in Vienna were broadcast live on Iranian state television.

The strain involved is highly pathogenic and can infect people, but the government said there was little risk of that happening.

Malala Yousafzai told world leaders they were failing Syria's children, as the Nobel Peace Prize winner spent her 18th birthday today on the Syrian border.

Pakistan and Afghanistan leaders on Friday expressed satisfaction over their first official peace talks with the Taliban held this week to find a solution to the 13-year-old insurgency.

National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and his Pakistani counterpart Sartaj Aziz will meet in New Delhi to discuss all issues connected to terrorism.