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The incident was not being treated as terror-related, a police spokesman said.

The Popocatepetl volcano south of Mexico City sent a column of ash into the sky, capping an intense period of seismic activity including two powerful tremors this month that have killed more than 400 people and caused damage of up to $8 billion

Among the heavyweights, Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union is the main conservative party, popular with the upper middle class and professionals.

With 61 seats required to govern, National won 58 and its sole remaining political ally, ACT secured one, according to the New Zealand Electoral Commission.

Political darling Luigi di Maio, 31, is the reassuring face of Italy's anti-establishment insurgency and is widely seen as having the vote in the bag.

Star Wars actor Mark Hamill applauded the appearance of his Wookie comrade on Trudeau's socks, tweeting on Thursday it was "another reason" he loves the prime minister.

In a series of tweets, Benazir’s daughter Aseefa B Zardari said that it was indeed Musharraf who ran away after her mother was assassinated.

Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US analysed significant changes in the carbon cycle over the last 540 million years, including the five mass extinction events.

Rouhani told a news conference that the Trump administration is seeking "an excuse" to pull out of the nuclear agreement that caps Iran's nuclear activities which is supported by his government and the five other parties — Russia, China, Britain, France a...

In her speech Tuesday, Suu Kyi expressed sympathy for the "suffering of all people" swept up in the violence but did not address accusations of ethnic cleansing.

Suu Kyi on Tuesday said they are willing to review the refugee status of the Rohingyas "at any time".

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson organised a briefing as part of the ongoing education of a president who arrived at the White House with no experience in the military or government and brought with him advisers deeply ske...

Already viewed as the de facto ruler controlling all the major levers of government, from defence to economy, Mohammed bin Salman is seen as stamping out traces of internal dissent before any formal transfer of power.

Mursi is already serving a 20-year sentence after being convicted for the killing of protesters during demonstrations in 2012.

Seoul's defense ministry said the latest missile probably traveled around 3,700 kilometers and reached a maximum altitude of 770 kilometers -- further and higher than the Hwasong-12 IRBM launched at the end of August.

Donald Trump, who has been focussed on working with China to try to curb North Korea's nuclear programme, noted he had been invited to the US-ASEAN summit in the Philippines, but he was not definitive about his attendance.