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Storm bringing fastest winds ever recorded in New South Wales lashed Sydney on 16 December.

State minister of Uttar Pradesh also insists he is the fittest person to become prime minister.

Three girls went missing from Wood Green earlier this month but are not thought to have left the country.

Activists claim dozens killed as authorities try to label protest as ethnically motivated.

John Kerry and Iran's Mohammad Javad Zarif hail watchdog move.

Truth and Reconciliation Commission report calls it 'cultural genocide'.

PM Li Keqiang calls for anti-extremism treaty among Shanghai Cooperation Organisation members.

Ehsan Abdulaziz claimed the victim was trying to seduce him when he fell on her.

Pyongyang's rubberstamp Supreme Court gives life sentence to Hyeon Soo Lim.

deVere Group's Nigel Green also called Trump's immigration policy 'achingly naive'.

Major world powers are due to meet in New York on 18 December to discuss the stalemate in the war-torn country.

The airline says demand for the route has fallen by about 60% after the 13 November attacks.

Constitutional Court can nullify ECHR rulings if they are deemed in violation of the constitution.

The top nine GOP candidates will face off in the final debate of 2015, just weeks before the Iowa caucuses.

Two markets in Idlib and Aleppo were struck by the jets.

Mark Oberholtzer spotted Daesh fighters in his Ford F-250 pick-up emblazoned with his company's logo.

Ex-Seleka Adam declared Kaga Bandoro an autonomous region amid planned polls.

The UAE is believed to be bankrolling an 800-strong force of mostly Latin American soldiers fighting in Yemen.

Allan says she "created a misleading impression" but had "acted responsibly".

The International Council of Museums has issued an emergency red list of endangered Libyan artefacts.

Ipob planned rallies on 16 and 17 December calling for release of leader Nnamdi Kanu.

Burundian justice is allegedly prosecuting Belgian lawyer for 'complicity in the 13 May coup'.

IBTimes UK captures the moment presidential candidates John McAfee and Zoltan Istvan met for the first time.

Scientists have dismissed claims by two amateur treasure hunters that they have discovered trains laden with Nazi gold buried under a railway embankment in southern Poland.

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Eight countries – including China and the US – have still not signed and ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

More than 2.3m Yemenis are now displaced, according to the latest United Nations figures.

Announcement comes ahead of the national 27 December polls to elect a new president and parliament

Over 300 people have been killed in violence accompanying President Nkurunziza's controversial third term.