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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said he will introduce "extreme vetting" of immigrants and set up a new "commission on radical Islam" if he wins the US election in November.

The US says it has sent 15 Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United Arab Emirates - the largest single transfer during President Barack Obama's administration.

The idea that the US is in a post-racial generation “is absurd” the veteran civil rights activist, the Reverend Al Sharpton has told BBC HARDtalk.

Fresh explosions have rocked Thailand's south, days after a spate of bomb and arson attacks struck multiple tourist resort towns.

Denmark's high court has overturned the controversial acquittal of three young men in a rape case involving a drunk, diabetic victim, 17, at a party.

A Chinese woman who fell off a cruise ship and drifted at sea for 38 hours before being rescued by fishermen has lived to tell the tale.

A Muslim imam of a mosque in New York City and his associate have been shot dead while walking along together  following afternoon prayers, authorities say.

King Mswati III, who is famously known for his controversial bride selection has decided to honour South African President Jacob Zuma with a “beautiful gift.” Mswati usually selects a wife during the Reed Dance ceremony, known as Umhlanga which reveals thousands of Swaziland’s ‘prettiest virgins’ dancing topless for King Mswati III, every year.

A new online campaign is putting pressure on fast food giant McDonald's to impose a global ban on products from animals treated with antibiotics.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has unexpectedly dismissed his chief of staff Sergei Ivanov.

Five provinces in Thailand have been hit by eleven bombings in less than a day, authorities say.

New York police have arrested a man who tried to scale Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan using rope and suction cups.