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The US military confirmed on Tuesday that nuclear-armed North Korea had fired a ballistic missile, finding it posed no threat to North America and vowing to work closely with its regional allies.

The United States is prepared to offer assistance to Russia that it may require in investigating this crime, he said.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is likely to make his first official visit to India next week during which he is expected to hold bilateral talks on sectors, including education, trade and defence.

The career diplomats working at the UN headquarters building don't yet quite know what to make of the outspoken newcomer in their midst, US ambassador Nikki Haley.

At least 19 people, including six members of a family, were allegedly killed at a dargah in Pakistan's Punjab province.

He also ordered his soldiers to assist with burial in a mass grave of over 800 bodies of killed prisoners and with the cleaning of execution sites in and around the village.

Britain's commitment to EU security is "unconditional" and will not be used as leverage in its negotiations to leave the bloc, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Friday.

For the second time in a month, China on Friday warned India of "serious damage" to bilateral ties if it allows the Dalai Lama to visit Arunachal Pradesh as Beijing asked New Delhi to honour its "political pledges" on the Tibet issue.

Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna has lashed out at US President Donald Trump for failing to fulfil his campaign promises like bringing back jobs and reviving the country's manufacturing sector.

Kelner released a statement after The Wall Street Journal first reported that Flynn's negotiations with the committee included discussions of immunity. The lawyer described the talks as ongoing and said he would not comment on the details.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday denounced the scandals over Donald Trump's ties to Moscow, adding that he would be happy to meet with his US counterpart this year.

In a major development, the Republican-controlled US House of Representative on Wednesday voted to revoke the broadband privacy rules that the Federal Communications Commission approved days before President Donald Trump's election.

The man was separated from the package and detained in a police vehicle, a security perimeter was established and "the package is now in Secret Service custody," the official said, asking not to be named.

UN chief Antonio Guterres called on Arab leaders on Tuesday to set aside their differences to confront Syria's six-year conflict, as he toured a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan.

A 2015 global pact for fighting climate change will benefit in some ways at least if U.S. President Donald Trump carries out a threat to pull out, backers say, in a shift from gloom about the fate of a deal that took two decades to negotiate.

Facebook has removed about 85 per cent blasphemous material at the request of Pakistan, the government on Monday informed a top court.