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Relations between the two countries soured in the run-up to Turkey's April 16 referendum that approved an increase in President Tayyip Erdogan's powers, which alarmed Western allies concerned about a drift towards authoritarian rule in Ankara.

Seven militants were killed during an intelligence-gathering raid by US Special Forces troops against an al Qaeda compound in Yemen on Tuesday morning, U.S. officials said.

The Indian High Commission in London on Tuesday set up a response unit and activated more helplines to assist any Indian nationals caught up in the Manchester terror attack that claimed 22 lives.

Addressing the passing out parade of Frontier Corps, Khan said certain elements are on the payroll of "our enemies" and receiving funds from them to stoke anarchy and unrest in the country.

Brazil's President Michel Temer on Thursday defiantly said he would not resign after the Supreme Court authorized an investigation into allegations he condoned bribes to a potential witness in a major corruption probe.

A car that plowed into a crowd of pedestrians in Times Square killed one person and injured about 20 others.

A senior member of France's main conservative party disowned his colleague Edouard Philippe on Tuesday for taking up the job of prime minister under centrist President Emmanuel Macron.

Iraqi forces have dislodged Islamic State from all but 12 square km of Mosul, a military spokesman said on Tuesday, after planes dropped leaflets into the city telling civilians the battle was nearly won.

She steadily recites the lyrics that she and her brother memorised together: "People did you wrong, they destroyed you. When they saw your beauty, they envied you so much."

Sources in the Indian High Commission confirmed the summoning of Deputy High Commissioner J P Singh and asserted that the Pakistan Army initiated the ceasefire violation using artillery, mortar and small arms.

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he could announce his pick for FBI director by late next week, before he leaves on his first foreign trip since taking office.

"The situation's miserable," another resident said, asking for anonymity. "We think it will take a long time to finish this operation."

Britain's decision to leave the EU has had little impact on international students' decision to study in the UK, a recent survey has found.

Tensions over French president-elect Emmanuel Macron's bid to redraw France’s political map burst into the open on Friday as a key ally was left furious ahead of crucial parliamentary elections next month.

Trump said he had asked Comey if he was the subject of counter-intelligence probes — twice in conversations over the phone and once over a White House dinner.

President Donald Trump blasted ousted FBI chief James Comey as a "showboat" and "grandstander" on Thursday even as the agency's acting leader contradicted the president's account that the agency had been in turmoil before he fired Comey.