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According to the MPs the "eye-catching outfits" do not reflect the status of Islam, which is the official religion of Malaysia.

Officials in Saudi Arabia have begun exploring for uranium and thorium local reports have revealed.

This softening of climate change as a concept is part of a government-wide strategy to dismantle the pro-environmental efforts of federal agencies, say reports.

US President Donald Trump has pledged the threats from the reclusive Kim Jong-un regime will be "taken care of".

China reportedly plans to launch "hyperspectral" and "synthetic aperture radar" satellites, by 2021 to help spy on every object in the contested waters.

The latest accident happened after an Amtrak Cascades train 501 barrelling south on its inaugural run derailed onto Interstate 5 between Tacoma and Olympia.

The man told the rescuers that he was intoxicated and does not remember how he fell into the confined space below the ground.

Washington stood isolated at the UN Security Council after it vetoed a resolution, which was supported by 14 states of the 15-member body.

The former foreign secretary William Hague says that Russia is not Britain's enemy, as his successor is set to hold talks in Moscow.

A fire in the early hours of Monday morning in the New York borough of Brooklyn left three children and their mother dead while other family members fight for their lives.

A water-based traditional "healing" ceremony ended in tragedy on Friday (15 December) after a teenager and a 27-year-old man both drowned while taking part.

The immigrants were shackled at the hands and feet throughout the ordeal. Some claimed they were not properly fed, hydrated, or allowed to use the bathroom.

Storm Kai-tak pounds Philippines, leaves over 30 dead and dozens missing in island province of Biliran after triggering severe flooding and landslides.

Daniel Kibblesmith, from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, took the US president down with a hilarious series of tweets, saying Trump wanted one adult ticket to see Boss Baby.

Donald Trump is set to mark a key reversal in policy from the previous Obama administration by denouncing climate change as a possible threat to the US.

Weird news stories in 2017 included Donald Trump tweeting "covfefe," Theresa May's conference disaster, the bizarre statue of Cristiano Ronaldo and a black bear playing piano.

Mikah, a nine-year-old boy from Ohio, showed how it was better to give than receive after he returned his Xbox to help rough sleepers.

Ten Indonesian men have been jailed for their role in a gay sauna sex party that led to the arrests of more than 140 participants back in May.

The train was on Interstate-5 highway in Pierce County when it came off the tracks just south of Tacoma, Washington.

Several thousand North Koreans braved freezing conditions in Pyongyang to pay tribute to their former leader Kim Jong-il on the sixth anniversary of his death.

Family planning organisation, Having Kids are offering US House Speaker Paul Ryan $25,000 to get a vasectomy as part of their push for people to have smaller families.

Parents and teachers unions expressed concerns over sweeping changes to sex education in Canadian province.

The head of a council in south east Australia has questioned calls for a mural painted by convicted paedophile Rolf Harris to be torn down.

Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam to run in Libya's 2018 presidential elections, tribal chief Basem al-Hashimi al-Soul has said.

There were some very high-profile dismissals from Trump's White House in 2017 - can you name them all?

A 62-year-old man died at a meat processing plant after getting his leg caught in a waste grinder.

A man who claimed to be a nurse and was able to treat patients at four separate hospitals in Sweden has been jailed.

"This is not even remotely normal. There's something going on here," one Twitter user said.

"Ted Cruz, the Jar Jar Binks of the Republican party," one Twitter user wrote.