An arrest is made after a woman is set alight on a Brooklyn train by a man she was not thought to know.

Sir Keir Starmer is to head abroad over the New Year after spending Christmas Day at Chequers in Buckinghamshire.

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Dec. 29-Jan. 4 include actor Ted Danson, “Glow” actor Alison Brie and “Abbott Elementary” star Sheryl Lee Ralph

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Following reports in Turkish media, a Kremlin spokesman denies Asma al-Assad wants to divorce her husband and leave Russia.

Lively's co-stars from 2005 film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants say they "stand with her".

Atul Subhash's death has galvanised men's rights activists and started a debate around India's dowry law.

Moscow has denied claims Bashar al Assad's wife is seeking a divorce and a route out of Russia, where the couple are staying.

Former congressman violated standards ‘prohibiting prostitution, statutory rape, illicit drug use, impermissible gifts, special favors or privileges, and obstruction of Congress,’ report finds

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Devices rigged with explosives killed and wounded thousands of people in Lebanon.

Robert Fico is only the third EU leader to visit Moscow and believes Putin has been demonised by the West.

A draft details evidence of alleged drug use and payments for sex - which the former US congressman denies.

The president condemns the murderers but says the death penalty at federal level "must stop".

Cook Islanders are citizens of New Zealand, which oversees the island's foreign affairs and defence.

Biden faced recent pressure from advocacy groups urging him to act to make it more difficult for Trump to increase the use of capital punishment for federal inmates

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France has marked a national day of mourning for the victims of Cyclone Chido, which devastated the French overseas department of Mayotte earlier this month

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South Korea says Pyongyang has expressed intention of providing Russia with suicide drones

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Atul Subhash's death has galvanised men's rights activists and started a debate around India's dowry law.

The plane fell minutes after take-off, hitting an urban area in Rio Grande do Sul and injuring 17 people.

Authorities in Guatemala resist efforts by a Jewish sect to recapture 160 children rescued from its premises.

Bel Trew spent days travelling across Syria – from Aleppo in the north, to the capital Damascus and Deraa in the south – charting a nation coming to terms with the ends of decades of brutal rule by the Assads. From families trying to find missing loved ones in the regime’s notorious prisons to religious minorities facing an uncertain future under the new Islamist-led administration

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