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Donald Trump, two days after his former national security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, again denied that he directed FBI Director James Comey to stop investigating Flynn.

Referring to US President Donald Trump's threat to withdraw from the 2015 Paris climate accord, Obama regretted what he called a "temporary absence of American leadership" on climate change.

Peter Strzok, deputy head of counter-intelligence at the FBI, also worked on the probe into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while serving as secretary of state.

Donald Trump's comments came after a guilty plea by his first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, to lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Kurdish-led authorities held local elections on Friday in the swathes of northern Syria they seized with U.S. help, pushing ahead with autonomy plans opposed by both Turkey and Damascus.

Former US President Barack Obama is speaking at the 15th HT Leadership Summit partnered by CNN-News18, in his first visit to India since handing over power to Donald Trump.

In an apparent reference to the power struggle between the establishment and elected representatives in Pakistan, the ousted prime minister termed the events of the past 70 years in the country as "unfortunate".

On November 13, the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals allowed the ban to go partly into effect, lifting part of a district court judge's nationwide injunction.

The officials say the attack late Monday night targeted a popular shopping district and left also 26 civilians wounded.

The court was referring to the situation that occurred on Saturday when the government launched an operation to remove protestors camped out at the Faizabad Interchange, Islamabad’s link to Rawalpindi.

Many members of Trump's Republican Party have withdrawn support for Moore, who is now 70, following multiple allegations that while in his 30s he molested or harassed teenage girls as young as 14.

Mnangagwa, until recently one of Mugabe's closest allies, took the oath of office at the national sports stadium on the outskirts of Harare before thousands of supporters, dignitaries and foreign diplomats.

Land-locked Nepal is holding provincial and parliamentary elections in two phases on November 26 and December 7.

Mnangagwa returned to the country earlier in the day, having fled for his safety when the 93-year-old former leader sacked him as vice president two weeks ago to smooth a path to the succession for his much younger wife Grace.

Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law retired captain Muhammad Safdar arrived at the court amidst heavy security arrangements made to deal with any untoward incident.

The Homeland Security Department said conditions in Haiti have improved significantly, so the benefit will be extended one last time — until July 2019 — to give Haitians time to prepare to return home.