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Comments on supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Twitter feed and in Iranian media underscored the establishment's confidence that it has extinguished the unrest that spread to more than 80 cities in which at least 22 people died since late December.

Pervez Khattak, a prominent leader of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI), attended a public meeting of the Difa-i-Pakistan Council in Peshawar on Sunday.

Trump upon his return from the presidential retreat of Camp David on Sunday tweeted about the new date of the "one- of-its-kind" awards to various media houses.

Several hours after the collision the airport said all WestJet passengers were safely at the terminal, adding that one of the airport's fire and emergency service personnel was undergoing hospital treatment.

The freezing of all security assistance to Pakistan comes days after President Donald Trump accused Islamabad of giving nothing to the US but "lies and deceit" and providing "safe haven" to terrorists in return for $33 billion aid over the last 15 years.

Thousands of flights were cancelled, firefighters scrambled to rescue motorists from flooded streets in Boston, National Guard troops were mobilized in the Northeast and New York City's two main airports halted flights because of whiteout conditions.

US Ambassador Nikki Haley has praised the demonstrators, saying "the UN must speak out" to support them. But Russia has warned against "external interference" in what it sees as an Iran's internal affairs.

The task will not be easy. The paramilitaries, or Popular Mobilisation Forces, are mostly trained and backed by Iran, so Abadi risks angering his most powerful regional backer.

In a letter to UN officials, Iranian Ambassador Gholamali Khoshroo complained that Washington was intervening "in a grotesque way in Iran's internal affairs."

"Our goal is that we know that they can do more to stop terrorism and we want them to do that," White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told reporters.

Tens of thousands of New Zealanders took to streets and beaches, becoming among the first in the world to usher in 2018.

The ship, KOTI, can carry 5,100 tonnes of oil and has a crew mostly from China and Myanmar. It was seized at Pyeongtaek-Dangjin port.

The mercury in New York City's Times Square was expected to drop to about 10 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 12 Celsius) with a wind chill at nearly 0 F (minus 18C) during the final hours of 2017, the National Weather Service said, testing the willpower of hund...

Hafiz Saeed and Palestinian Ambassador to Pakistan Walid Abu Ali participated in the rally in the garrison city of Rawalpindi on Friday. India took strong exception to Ambassador Ali sharing stage with Saeed, who founded the Lashkar-e-Taiba which is respo...

It wasn't immediately clear whether the gunman shot himself or was shot by police. Authorities emphasised that it was not an active shooter situation, despite initial reports they received at about 2:25 pm (local time).

This appearance by the Palestinian envoy is sure to ruffle feathers in New Delhi, seeing as this comes just days after India voted in the United Nations in support of Palestine and against the American decision to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusal...