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Labour's shadow Northern Ireland secretary Owen Smith has said that Theresa May should force the devolved government to accept same-sex marriage if power-sharing talks fail.

Kalicharan Saraf urinated on a wall in Jaipur after getting caught short during a car journey – unfortunately for the Rajasthan state official, an opposition member spotted him.

Patrick Connor described Chloe Kim as a "hot piece of ass" and said the countdown to her 18th birthday "was on".

Labour leader dismisses story in The Sun which suggested he had close ties with a Czechoslovak agent at the height of the Cold War.

Actresses encouraged to ditch low-cut dresses and heels at Berlin International Film Festival with #NobodysDoll on Twitter in wake of #MeToo movement.

Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi claims he ended Cold War by bringing the US and Russia together.

At least 17 people were killed in the Florida school shooting, but some parents believe stricter gun laws would not have prevented the attack.

The number of air strikes conducted by international and Afghan air forces "increased significantly" in 2017, the UN says, killing 295 civilians and injuring 336.

The US president tweeted the morning after the shooting which killed 17 people to suggest the suspect's classmates knew he was dangerous and should have reported him earlier.

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee approves nitrogen hypoxia bill proposed by Senator Trip Pittman as it strives for 'more humane' executions

Serial paedophile found guilty of 43 counts of child abuse as 86 more complainants come forward saying they were assaulted as boys.

General Prayuth Chan-ocha reportedly penned the upbeat Diamond Heart, which was sung by a Thai army officer then released online on 9 February.

Conspiracy theories about George Soros and Oxfam reveal something disconcerting about the road down which British politics is currently travelling.

Over Syrian 1,000 civilians, many of them children, were killed in the first week of February alone as air strikes hit hospitals, schools and markets.

Nepali President Bidya Devi Bhandari has appointed moderate communist KP Sharma Oli as the next prime minister of the Himalayan state.

Philippines president recently stirred up a controversy after asking his troops to shoot female communist rebels in their vaginas.

The prosecutor told the court that Aman Abdurrahman had pledged allegiance to Isis.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has banned sex between ministers and staff after it was revealed his deputy, Barnaby Joyce, embarked on an affair with a press secretary.

Passengers aboard an eight-hour flight from Germany to New Jersey had to endure a "demonic" screaming child.

Donald Trump is a typical Fire Dog: hot-tempered, talkative and argumentative. Chinese astrologers predict his second year in office will be even more tempestuous than his first.

Florida city rated 15th safest city in the US just before 17 people killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.

Boris Johnson said it would be "intolerable and undemocratic" for Brussels to impose its laws on Britain after Brexit.

Afghan Taliban issues a rare open letter addressing Americans and "peace-loving Congressmen" to urge the White House in holding dialogue.

According to a former British ambassador to Tokyo, Japan views the United Kingdom leaving the European Union as an act of medium and long-term political and economical "self-harm".

Questions regarding Viktor and Amalija Knavs come at a time when Trump's immigration policies have forced families to be torn apart.

Turkey's president warned Washington's troops with "Ottoman slap" if it does not stop funding Kurdish fighters.

International humanitarian group Médecins Sans Frontières admitted that 19 employees were fired last year for sexual abuse and harassment.

The South African president Jacob Zuma has resigned his position with immediate effect. He had been given a deadline of Wednesday by the ANC.

Jacob Zuma has quit as president of South Africa. He has been embroiled in a rape trial, corruption, an arms deal, using public money for his home and association with the Guptas.