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Sikhs in the US state of California have raised a record USD 400,000 for a national media campaign to generate awareness among Americans about their religion.

Pervez Musharraf has never appeared before the court during the previous 55 hearings.

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has called for a boycott of Apple products until the tech giant agrees to help the FBI.

Spanish police searched the Madrid branch of ICBC on Wednesday, arresting five of its directors as part of a probe into the suspected laundering of at least 40 million euros (USD 44.5 million).

The issue is particularly sensitive given that the University of Texas at Austin was the scene of one of the nation's first mass shootings on a college campus.

The two officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to brief reporters.

"We have entered -- we all feel it -- in a new era characterised by the lasting presence of 'hyper-terrorism'," said French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, whose country was hit by two Islamist attacks in 2015.

Petitioner Barrister Javed Iqbal Jaffrey told the Lahore High Court that Kohinoor diamond was "Pakistan asset" as it is in "illegal possession" of Britain.

Trump leads the Republican field in the country's first primary, while Florida Senator Marco Rubio tries to establish himself as the chief rival to Trump and Texas Senator Ted Cruz.

US-backed Kurdish and Arab forces have seized significant amounts of territory from the extremist group in the parts of Iraq and Syria where it declared a caliphate in 2014.

A powerful blast rocked the congested Kachari area of Quetta near the premises of the heavily guarded city district courts.

This comes hours after Assange tweeted he would accept arrest if the UN panel ruled against him

US President Barack Obama holds a roundtable with Muslim American community leaders at the Islamic Society of Baltimore mosque in Catonsville.

Writing in a Jihadi magazine, Azhar has said that his army won't let his enemies celebrate if he is held.

Police officers stand watch outside the Rocky Mountain Regional Trauma Center after a shooting at a motorcycle show at the National Western Complex in Denver, Colorado.