The dossier prepared by a former British intelligence agent also claims about the US President-elect’s ties to Russia and the Kremlin.

Russian government has unveiled its plan to ban sale of cigarettes to anyone born after 2015, said the media. The decision has been taken with motive to make Russia first nation in the world to completely phase out tobacco.

A Sikh girl with her roots in India will be representing Malaysia in the upcoming Miss Universe contest to be held on January 30, 2017.

Outgoing US President Barack Obama's elder daughter went emotional as her father dedicated few minutes from his farewell speech to Michelle, calling her his "best friend".

Barack Obama marked the end of his presidency with the same message of hope that brought him into the White House, asking Americans in his farewell address here to stay committed to democratic values and persist in their optimism for change.

Egyptian prosecutors ordered Al Jazeera TV news presenter Mahmoud Hussein Gomaa to remain in custody for another 15 days on suspicion of "fabricating reports" aimed at harming national security and sedition, official daily Al-Ahram said on Tuesday.

The US blacklisted five Russians, including Russia's chief public investigator who is a close aide to President Vladimir Putin, for human rights abuses, in a move described by Russia as the "inadequacy" of outgoing President Barack Obama.

"I first came to Chicago when I was in my early twenties, still trying to figure out who I was; still searching for a purpose to my life," said Obama in his farewell speech.

Last week, while announcing about his farewell speech Barack Obama had said, "The speech would be a chance to say thank you for this amazing journey … and to offer some thoughts on where we all go from here."

A suspect was taken into custody by police after taking hostages at the Alabama Credit Union in Tuscaloosa near the University of Alabama campus in the US on Tuesday and sparking a standoff.