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A Dutch choreographer and nine Brazilian women who remained anonymous accused Joao Teixeira de Faria, 76, better known as "Joao de Deus" ("Joao of God") of making them masturbate him or perform fellatio.

Washington has re-imposed an oil embargo and other damaging sanctions on Iran since pulling out in May from a landmark 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and major powers.

President Lenin Moreno told reporters did say that Britain had guaranteed that the Australian would not be extradited to any country where his life is in danger.

Meng Wanzhou's detention comes after US authorities launched an investigation into suspected Iran sanctions by Huawei, which was already under scrutiny by intelligence officials.

The arrests are part of an ongoing crackdown launched by the Immigration Police Bureau on foreigners living unlawfully in the country, it said.

"WHO is putting together experts and we are working with member states...to discuss the standards and guidelines that can cover the ethical and social safety issues," said Tedros, a former Ethiopian health minister.

Kamala Harris ranked fifth in a November poll of Democratic voters' preferred nominee to take on President Donald Trump's re-election bid.

May is battling to persuade skeptical British lawmakers to back the deal her government and the European Union reached last month. Rejecting it would leave the UK facing a messy, economically damaging "no-deal" Brexit on March 29.

Khan used the ceremony to call for steps to resume bilateral talks, including on the Kashmir issue, receiving a sharp reaction from New Delhi which regretted that he used the pious occasion to make unwarranted references to Kashmir, an integral and inalie...

The two parliamentarians from the violence-ravaged North Waziristan region were due to leave for United Arab Emirates on Friday, when authorities at the airport in the northwestern city of Peshawar intercepted them and briefly detained them.

The two men famously declared an end to the Cold War at the Malta Summit in December, 1989, weeks after the fall of the Berlin Wall, with Bush declaring support for Gorbachev's "perestroika" reforms.

"George HW Bush was a man of the highest character and the best dad a son or daughter could ask for," his son, former president George W Bush said.

Aircraft and warships were scrambled, sending out warnings for the American vessel to leave the area. This was the third such operation this year, including one last month which prompted a diplomatic protest.

Crenn said she had been celebrating, drinking rose wine all day, and planned to party further with guests and her team later in the evening. "Who knew that one day Dominique Crenn will get three Michelin stars with her team," she gushed.

With all votes counted, the country's election commission said the French-born ex-diplomat, backed by the ruling Georgian Dream party, had taken 59.52 per cent of the second-round vote.

The event, which was held with police approval, was organised by the main opposition MDC party, which says it was cheated of victory in the July 30 election, eight months after long-time leader Robert Mugabe was ousted.