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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos won the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a surprise after Colombians voted "No" to an agreement he signed with Marxist rebels to end 52 years of war.

Haitians braced for a grim, rising death toll Friday as help slowly trickled into marooned areas of the country's southwestern peninsula that was pummeled by Hurricane Matthew, the first Category 4 storm to hit Haiti in decades.

In another sign of churn happening within Pakistan over the Uri attacks and India’s retaliatory surgical strikes, a sitting Parliamentarian from the party of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif tore into the “deep state” demanding action against non-state actors...

There was a striking difference in the two men's manner. Kaine, Clinton's usually easygoing No. 2, went on the attack from the start, repeatedly interrupting and challenging Pence. Pence, an equally genial politician, was unflappable.

Hillary Clinton is leading her Republican rival Donald Trump by four percentage points after their first head-to-head debate, a latest national poll has said.

"Mutations in autophagy genes can cause disease, and the autophagic process is involved in several conditions including cancer and neurological disease," it said.

Low voter turnout invalidated Hungary's referendum on European Union refugee quotas, even though citizens voted overwhelmingly in support of the government's opposition to any future, mandatory EU plans to relocate asylum-seekers.

However, Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn reported that the draft bill met with minor objections raised by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Lal Chand Malhi.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has praised Hindu community's "fantastic" contributions to world civilisation and American culture.

Authorities say an earthquake measuring 5.3 has struck eastern and central Romania, and was felt in neighboring Moldova.

US President Barack Obama offered his advice for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton as she prepares to debate Republican rival Donald Trump for the first time next week.

US President Barack Obama has vetoed a bill that would have allowed the families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia, fearing that the move could have serious implications for America's national interests.

She refused to remove it and the judge put the case off. It was ultimately settled when the car was returned.

Khurshid Shah says speech was just ordinary; Slams Sharif’s foreign advisers for making the country increasingly isolated

The US police surrounded a Sikh man carrying a Kirpan -- ceremonial dagger -- in Pennsylvania after receiving multiple calls about an apparent Muslim man walking around a shopping centre with a "large knife" or "sword.

Pakistan on Thursday rejected allegations of its involvement in the assault on an army camp in Uri town in Kashmir that killed at least 18 soldiers, saying it has "nothing to gain" from this attack.