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Updated: 7:15am - The Delhi high court dismissed on Tuesday the transit anticipatory bail plea of Honeypreet Insan, the absconding aide of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.

Updated: 6:57am - The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was the highest civilian toll in Idlib since the region was designated in May as one of Syria’s de-escalation zones.

Updated: 6:50am - North Korean foreign minister says they will have the right to shoot down US strategic bombers even when they are not yet inside the airspace border of country.

Updated: 6:26am - Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has issued a new call for Myanmar to take back some 420,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled violence in the Buddhist-dominated country.

Updated: 6:15am - Fifty four refugees detained by Australia on Nauru and Papua New Guinea's Manus Island have been accepted for resettlement in the United States.

Updated: 7:10am - Donald Trump has escalated his threats against North Korea over its nuclear challenge, saying the US would "totally destroy" the country if forced to defend itself or its allies.

Updated: 6:20am - Heavy monsoon rain heaped new misery on Sunday on hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingya stuck in makeshift camps in Bangladesh after fleeing violence in Myanmar, as authorities started a drive to force them to a new site.

Updated: 6:20am - As Rakhine state burns and Rohingya flee, Aung San Suu Kyi is preparing to address Myanmar on the crisis for the first time, a high wire act seeking to soothe global outrage without baiting an army that is again showing its teeth.

Updated: 6:15am - North Korea ignored renewed global efforts to end its nuclear threat by firing a ballistic missile over Japan for the second time in less than a month early Friday morning.

Updated: 6:00am - Hamza bin Laden, son and would-be heir of late Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, has urged Muslims around the world to join arms in Syria against “crusaders” and Shias.