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A delegation led by a top aide to the US President Barack Obama would attend the canonization ceremony of Mother Teresa in Vatican City, the White House said on Saturday.

The last US maker of cluster bombs will cease producing the controversial weapons, which are banned by most governments because of their capacity to kill or maim civilians.

Police said they had seized a grenade and a handgun with 24 bullets from one of the suspects, who works as a lorry driver. The two others worked as a butcher and a drinks seller.

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday in northern Israel, Tamir Pardo says he does not believe Israel can reach any agreements with the Arab world without solving the Palestinian issue.

Flight 3472 from New Orleans diverted the airplane to Pensacola, Florida, after the pilot detected something had gone wrong with an engine, according to a Southwest statement.

Officials in several states are scrambling to deal with a series of heroin overdose outbreaks affecting dozens of people and involving at least six deaths.

Amid scenes of carnage, dozens of emergency services staff and volunteers were determined to attempt to pluck more survivors from the ruins.

"The Turkish Armed Forces and the International Coalition Air Forces have launched a military operation aimed at clearing the district of Jarabulus of the province of Aleppo from the terrorist organisation Daesh," the prime minister's statement said, usin...

Italy's civil protection unit confirmed 73 fatalities in and around the villages of Amatrice, Accumoli and Arquata del Tronto.

Donald Trump has demanded independent special prosecutors to investigate Hillary Clinton’s wrongdoings during her tenure as the US secretary of state.

Schools have handed out a list to the government containing the names of students who have been missing for the last three years.

Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump has attacked Japan, one of America's closest allies, saying if the US is attacked, all Japanese would do is "sit home and watch Sony television".

Pakistan has reimbursed $700 million of the $1 billion they were authorised in fiscal year 2015 under the Coalition Support Fund (CSF).

The US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter congratulated the air force on the announcement and said this is a significant milestone for an aircraft that will allow the US to maintain the advantage of air superiority for years to come.

As the Republican presidential candidate continued to hurl attacks on the family of US Army Captain Humayun Khan, Obama praised the sacrifice of American armed services members and their families at the Disabled American Veterans convention.

She said her vision of America is in "sharp contrast" to what Trump is "laying out, because I don't think we're weak".