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"We are writing to express our grave concern regarding the mental stability of our President-elect," the letter published by the Huffington Post read.

UN Secretary General's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Leila Zerrougui, has said that over 220 million kids reside in 20 conflict zones around the world.

For the second year in a row, Pakistan has retained its "notorious status" of being the 'third most prolific executioner' in the world, executing 419 people in two years, a rights group said on Sunday.

The United States on Sunday said it will work with the Philippine president to address any concerns after he threatened to terminate a pact that allows US troops to visit the Philippines.

President Barack Obama has declared that Bashar al-Assad's Syrian regime, Iran and Russia are responsible for the carnage in Aleppo and argued there was nothing Washington could have done to stop the war, short of a military takeover of Syria.

The evacuation of east Aleppo is part of a ceasefire deal negotiated by Moscow and Ankara that entered into force Thursday after an initial attempt to halt the fighting failed the day before.

British Prime Minister Theresa May wants an early deal on Britons living in the European Union countries, the media reported on Friday.

The evacuation of the rebels from the northern city of Aleppo will continue through the night, state TV said on Thursday.

A woman Indian physics teacher in the UK, recognised for her experiential method of teaching physics, is among the top 50 contenders from around the world for a global prize of USD one million.

"We are being hurt very badly by China with devaluation, with taxing us heavy at the borders when we don't tax them, with building a massive fortress in the middle of the South China Sea, which they shouldn't be doing," he said.

More than 30 people died when a petrol tanker crashed into other vehicles and burst into flames outside the town of Naivasha in Kenya late on Saturday night, officials said.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault bestowed the award on Kerry on Saturday after the two held talks on Syria's war.

"Coalition warplanes targeted and killed Tunisian Boubaker al-Hakim, in Raqqa, Syria, November 26," Pentagon spokesman Ben Sakrisson said in a statement emailed to AFP.

The 67-year-old former Prime Minister of Portugal has put ending the five-year carnage in Syria at the top of his to-do list and is keen to put forward a new plan to achieve a settlement, diplomats say.

IMF chief Christine Lagarde goes on trial in France on Monday over a massive state payout to a flamboyant tycoon when she was finance minister in a case that risks tarnishing her stellar career.

The UN General Assembly on Friday demanded an immediate ceasefire in Syria and urgent aid deliveries in a resolution adopted by a strong majority as Syrian forces launched another assault on Aleppo.