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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who has called for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States, suggested he would make an exception for London's newly elected Muslim mayor, the New York Times reported. However, Sadiq Khan who was...

Amid fierce fighting after the Taliban captured the northern Afghan city of Kunduz last year, U.S. special forces advisers repeatedly asked their commanders how far they were allowed to go to help local troops retake the city. They got no...

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Sunday he was open to raising taxes on the rich, backing off his prior proposal to reduce taxes on all Americans and breaking with one of his party's core policies dating...

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri urged rival jihadist fighters in Syria to unite or risk death but again decried fellow Sunni Muslim militants Islamic State as "extremists" in an audio recording posted online on Sunday. As successor to Osama bin...

A wildfire ripping through Canada's oil sands region looked set to grow rapidly as it entered its second week on Sunday despite cooler weather and light rain, but move further away from heavily populated areas, a fire official said. The...

Zimbabwe put its wild animals up for sale on Tuesday, saying it needed buyers to step in and save the beasts from a devastating drought. Members of the public "with the capacity to acquire and manage wildlife" - and enough...

South Africa's top anti-corruption official fears for her life after learning from an informant that hit men are being contracted to kill her, her spokeswoman said on Sunday. Public Protector Thuli Madonsela is a leading public figure who scored a...

Labour Party politician Sadiq Khan has been elected London mayor — the first Muslim to lead Europe's largest city. Election officials say Khan defeated Conservative rival Zac Goldsmith by more than 300,000 votes, after first- and second-preference votes were allocated. The...

A woman has been pulled out alive after six days in a collapsed building in Kenya's capital, Nairobi. She was trapped after the residence fell due to heavy rains. Thirty-three people have been confirmed dead following the collapse of the six-storey...

The Australian entrepreneur who has claimed to be the inventor of Bitcoin has reneged on a promise to present new "proof" to support his case. Craig Wright had pledged to move some of the virtual currency from one of its...