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Mugabe appeared in public on Friday for the first time since the army took charge, as the ruling party made plans to force him to step down after almost four decades in power.

The United States and Russia, Syria's ally, have put forward rival draft resolutions on renewing the mandate of the Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM), tasked with investigating Syria's toxic gas attacks.

The presidential daughter and adviser, in a "full-blown sprint" as she sells the Republican tax overhaul plan and juggles other initiatives, has had it with all that talk about her "pet project" to increase the child tax credit.

Dancers must not congregate in "solemn places like martyrs' cemeteries" or "use square dancing to illegally make money and spread feudal, superstitious beliefs", according to the new rules.

Napoleon famously crowned himself emperor at Notre Dame cathedral in 1804, placing the Roman-style laurel wreath on his own head, even though Pope Pius VII was there presiding over the coronation.

Zimbabwe's military took control targeting "criminals" around President Robert Mugabe but gave assurances on national television that the 93-year-old leader and his family were "safe and sound".

Afghanistan in the near future would also have trade transit route through Central Asia that would connect the country with Europe.

The talks between the two leaders came a day after officials of India, the US, Japan and Australia held their first meeting to give shape to the much talked about quadrilateral alliance to keep the Indo-Pacific region "free and open".

The 13-year-old Rohingya boy couldn't swim and had never even seen the sea before fleeing his village in Myanmar. But he clung to the empty container and struggled across the water with it for about 2.5 miles, all the way to Bangladesh.

Trump and Duterte were among 19 leaders at a glittering gala in the Philippines capital and at one point Duterte took the microphone to sing "Ikaw" (You), in a duet with local pop diva Pilita Corrales.

Key former Donald Trump aides are under US investigation for possible collaboration with the Kremlin, and the issue of whether Moscow interfered with last year's vote has overshadowed the tail end of the president's Asia tour.

Two major partners of the alliance - the Pakistan Awami Tehrik and the Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen - denied being part of the coalition headed by Musharraf, The News reported.

US President Donald Trump praised Xi for his statement at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit on denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula.

US President Donald Trump has tried to rally support to curb Pyongyang's rogue weapons programme during his trip, urging regional powers to stand united against the North's government.

Special prosecutor Robert Mueller is examining a meeting Flynn had with senior Turkish officials weeks after Donald Trump won the presidential race last year, NBC News and the Wall Street Journal reported.

A military jury handed out the punishment to Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Felix a day after convicting him of abusing more than a dozen trainees at the Marine boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina.