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Sri Lanka’s divisive ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa has conceded defeat in Monday’s parliamentary election.

The attacks took place in the Shawal area of the North Waziristan tribal region, hours after a suicide attack killed 18 people, including the home minister of the northeastern Punjab province.

Barcelona also have their opening La Liga fixture against Athletic Bilbao at the San Mames.

Funeral prayers were held late Sunday for Shuja Khanzada, the home minister for Pakistan’s populous Punjab province, who was killed in a suicide bombing, along with 14 other people. One of the bombers detonated his device at the entrance to the hall, and the other in a back...

US State Department spokesman John Kirby said that until the concerns about Iran’s past activities are “adequately addressed by the IAEA, there can be no sanctions relief“.

In terms of major non-stubble-related political stories, there’s plenty to read about the ongoing Labour leadership battle, the Chancellor’s call for planning law reform, and much more on the BBC Politics page.

Monitoring group Human Rights Watch urged the UN to impose an arms embargo on the Syrian government Thursday to “stop indiscriminate attacks” against civilians, AFP reported.

For over 50 years, al-Asaad was in charge of preserving artifacts from the 2,000-year-old city of Palmyra, which was seized by the Islamic State in May.

Oathall Community College pupils have beaten last year’s GCSE results in many subjects.

The researchers, who published their findings in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Materials, described the solid-state electrolytes as an improvement over today’s lithium-ion batteries.

Forensic experts are investigating after a human skull was found on a motorway sliproad, police have said.

Mackay Conservation Group, along with Environment Minister Greg Hunt and the Adani group, resolved to not consider the federal environmental approval given to the company on its project after the government’s attitude towards protection of environment has been successfully...

Police tasered the man onboard the easyJet plane at Gatwick airport, near London, after he became disruptive, The Independent reported.

Two men on a motorcycle opened fire on three policemen in Sousse using a rifle.

“The contract for four Mi-35M transport and attack helicopters was signed late last week”, an embassy spokesperson told RIA Novosti.