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lash floods caused by heavy rain killed 40 people in North Korea's northeastern border area over the weekend

Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed-led Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Afghanistan-based dreaded Haqqani network are not banned in Pakistan, according to an official list of 60 proscribed outfits.

The scheme has chilling echoes of the Call Of Duty computer game in which players use remote-controlled cars to kill opponents in a virtual war zone.

He is believed to be responsible for the beheadings of at least seven Western hostages including Britons David Haines and Alan Henning.

The bombing killed at least nine Afghan civilians and one foreigner and wounded 60, said Wahidullah Mayar, a Health Ministry spokesman.

Indian-American US presidential hopeful Bobby Jindal has joined fellow Republican candidate Donald Trump in calling for an end to birthright citizenship for children born to illegal immigrants.

A college student in China is suing the education ministry for describing homosexuality as a "disorder that should be treated".

The detailed sketch, made on the basis of a CCTV grab which showed a youth in yellow T-shirt placing a backpack on a bench, is the strongest lead yet in the Monday explosions.

At least 47 people were killed and dozens wounded in a bomb blast on Tuesday in a part of northeast Nigeria frequently targeted by Boko Haram Islamists, a medical source and witnesses said.

A huge explosion hit the entrance to Kabul airport and casualties are feared, a police official said on Monday, days after series of suicide attacks in the Afghan capital killed dozens and wounded hundreds more.

The bloodshed began on Friday with a truck bomb that exploded in a heavily populated district of the capital and ended with an hours-long battle at a base used by US special forces.

Authorities issued flood and mudslide alerts and flying debris killed at least two people, media reported.

"The statistics in this report do not reveal the grieving families and the loss of shocked communities of ordinary Afghans. These are the real consequences of the conflict in Afghanistan."

US President Barack Obama celebrated his 54th birthday at a popular restaurant in Washington with the First Lady and a few close relatives.

Tokyo on Monday described claims that Washington spied on Japanese politicians and major firms as "deeply regrettable", in its first official response to revelations from whistle blower group WikiLeaks.

He faces a huge challenge in trying to unite a movement already showing signs that is of fragmenting and issues about his legitimacy Has The Highest echelon of the Taliban will not bolster His position.