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A decade of peace following three decades of civil war was shattered earlier this year when homegrown militants pledging loyalty to the Islamic State group detonated suicide bombs at three churches and three hotels, killing 269 people.

The Nielsen company said 10 different networks aired live or taped coverage of the hearing, which stretched nearly six hours on Wednesday.

IS militants are active in neighboring Afghanistan, where they regularly stage attacks against civilian and military targets.

Mcdonald's announced on Thursday the introduction of new packaging in all its restaurants in Europe by the end of 2020 for the McFlurry, an ice cream dessert currently served in a disposable cup with a thick plastic lid.

The battered body of 21-year-old Abrar Fahad was found in his dormitory hours after he wrote a post on Facebook slamming Dhaka for signing a water-sharing deal with India.

The embassy drama unfolded as President Jair Bolsonaro met nearby at the foreign ministry with China's President Xi Jinping ahead of a summit of the BRICS countries.

UK's Labour Party acknowledged that relations with the Indian community have 'strained' over its anti-India stance on Kashmir and the lack of representation in its candidates list is likely to make matters worse.

Britain is holding a national election on December 12 but is struggling with election laws that have not yet been updated to face the digital age.

Lab tests found that the animals died of hog cholera but officials said they are also testing to see if any were stricken with African swine fever. Neither are believed to pose a risk to humans.

American Airlines and Southwest Airlines said Friday they were pushing back the resumption of flights because of the 737 MAX grounding until early March.

The authorities have ordered a temporary ban on boat and ferry movements in internal riverine routes and coastal waters, besides closing air traffic operations near coastal airports for nearly 24 hours.

In 'With All Due Respect,' Haley said then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and then-White House chief of staff John Kelly told her that they were trying to 'save the country.'

Trump has accused the Bidens of unspecified corruption due to Hunter Biden's role as a director of Ukraine energy company Burisma when Joe Biden -- now a leading candidate to challenge Trump in the 2020 election -- was vice president.

Private wealth in Hong Kong fell 4% in 2018 to $319.8 billion, the report showed, with months of anti-government protests in the Chinese-ruled city and an economic recession clouding the outlook this year.

Alex Chow, a computer science undergraduate, was taken to hospital in an unconscious state in the early hours of Monday morning following late-night clashes between police and protesters in Hong Kong's Tseung Kwan O district.

Sharif, 69, was admitted to the Services Hospital in Lahore on October 22 from Pakistan's anti-graft body's custody after his platelets dropped to a critical low level of 2,000.