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In a statement on Thursday, the National Archives said it had released 2,891 records related to the November 22, 1963, slaying of JFK in Dallas, Texas.

The Communist Party this week amended its constitution to canonise President Xi's political "thought", the highest honour a Chinese leader can achieve and somewhat akin to retroactively carving his name in granite as a founding father.

Hafiz Saeed, who carries a $ 10 million bounty on his head for his role in terror activities, has been under house arrest in Pakistan since January this year.

Russia has blocked the UN Security Council action to hold accountable those who use chemical weapons, including terrorists and the regime of Syrian President Bashar al Assad.

China reportedly asked Pakistan to step up the security of its newly-appointed ambassador in Islamabad in the wake of threats to his life from the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM).

"Subject to the receipt of further information, I will be allowing, as President, the long blocked and classified JFK FILES to be opened," Trump said in the tweet.

Foreign Office spokesman Nafees Zakaria on Saturday confirmed that Mahmood met Swaraj on October 17 but asserted that it was a routine meeting by the diplomat who recently assumed office as Pakistan's new High Commissioner to India.

An interior ministry statement confirmed the Friday's incident and said some of the "terrorist" attackers had died, without giving any figures for casualties or further details.

The KFC account follows just 11 users; five of them are former members of the Spice Girls and the other six are men named Herb, including Green Bay Packers cornerback Herb Waters and music legend Herb Alpert.

The Coalition for the American Dream intends to ask Congress to pass bipartisan legislation this year that would allow these immigrants, often referred to as "Dreamers," to continue working in the United States.

Students of St Hugh's College on Thursday voted to remove the Nobel Peace Prize laureate's name from the junior common room with immediate effect.

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are both wooing Baghdad now in an effort to halt the growing regional influence of arch-foe Iran.

The opposition is likely to say the resignation of Roselyn Akombe, one of seven election board commissioners, is further evidence that the repeat election is illegitimate.

China's political system is the broadest, most genuine, and most effective way to safeguard the fundamental interests of the people, Xi said.

Downgraded from a hurricane overnight, Ophelia caused two deaths in Ireland on Monday, where it was the worst storm in half a century.

The People's Party, which named 31-year-old Foreign Minister Kurz its leader only in May, secured a clear victory on Sunday with a hard line on immigration that left little space between it and the anti-Islam Freedom Party (FPO).