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Nine families in the new apartments mean the Jewish population of the area has doubled to 17.

Islamist faction leader's daughter admitted to hospital in Israel for 'number of days'.

Boko Haram carries out new attacks after government announced ceasefire with the terrorists

Islamists opposed to peace deal with Nigerian military to form separate group under new leader.

Russia has already closed nine McDonald's restaurants including one at Pushkin Square.

Trade and justice ministers Yuko Obuchi and Midori Matsushima resign in a blow to gender reform

Pyongyang sees US threat in former CIA director's revelations in his memoir.

Man who travelled from the Middle East put in isolation after vomiting and bleeding on plane.

Dozens of people were injured in two nights of clashes over the weekend

Death of rare northern white rhino in Kenya leaves only a handful of animals alive.

Temple Mount is the site of Al-Aqsa Mosque, perhaps the most dramatically charged holy site in the world.

Woman asked to leave theatre as Islamic garments niqab and burqa are illegal in public places in France.

Ankara accepts request from Kurdish president Barzani to allow forces to aid YPG fighters

Canadian pop singer was reportedly kicking ball around in historic corridors of Vatican Museums.

Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying says external forces from different countries are involved in campaign.

With markets shut and harvest affected, Liberia headed for economic collapse unless global support comes in.

Airdrops on Turkish-Syrian border town likely to anger Ankara as Reccep Tayyip Erdogan opposes US arms supplies to Kurds.

Imran Khan: "DFID and others have played a big role for us but the money has to be used honestly."

The horrifying image shows the baby girl in distress as she is pinned down with a knife held to her throat.

Mo, 12, Evie, 10, and Otis, 8, were among 298 people who were killed after a missile shot the Malaysia Airlines down on 17 July.

16 people died when a ventilation grille gave way at a music concert in Seongnam

Minister claims that refugees pose security risk, with more than a million having entered country.

Dozens of riot police in Hong Kong charge protestors at barricades in Mong Kok area, repeatedly striking them with batons.

Nepal rescuers locate remaining stranded trekkers, and being to recover remains of the storm's victims.

US air-strikes intensify as Kurds plead for more military assistance

A bear savaged the arm of a boy who tried to feed the animal through its cage in central China on Sunday.

Sheffield United supporters were heard singing songs of praise for convicted rapist Ched Evans at a football match on Saturday.

After signs of change towards its stance on homosexuals, the Catholic Church will maintain its traditional stance

Isis releases photos of executed 17-year-old boy, accused of selling photographs of the terror group's headquarters.