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America's leading airline had previously only planned to keep the planes out of commission until June 5, with Boeing facing intense scrutiny after 157 people died in an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX crash on March 10.

According to police investigators, a network of pop stars, businessmen and cops are alleged to have colluded and enabled tax evasion, bribery, and prostitution at some of Gangnam's glitziest clubs.

Authorities found bullet holes in the glass doors of a department store's entrance and evidence markers were placed in a roped-off area outside the department store.

Touted as President Xi Jinping's pet project, China is vigorously pursuing the Belt and Road initiative (BRI), offering billions of dollars of loans for infrastructure projects to different countries as it looks to expand global influence.

The Trump administration had earlier cancelled USD 300 million in military aid to Islamabad for not doing enough against terror groups like the Haqqani Network and Taliban active on its soil.

On the eve of the election announcement, Scott Morrison posted a slickly produced video of him and his family, urging voters to keep on the current track.

'A deterioration in market sentiment could rapidly tighten financing conditions in an environment of large private and public sector debt in many countries, including sovereign-bank doom loop risks,' IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath warned.

The United Nations and international aid groups have called for an investigation into the Sunday explosion but have not apportioned blame.

The move was in response to the US designating Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organisation.

Trump said in a statement that the 'unprecedented' move 'recognises the reality that Iran is not only a State Sponsor of Terrorism, but that the IRGC actively participates in promoting terrorism'.

Indonesia is prone to quakes as it sits on a vulnerable impact zone called the Pacific Ring of Fire.

Israeli annexation of large parts of the West Bank is bound to snuff out any last flicker of hope for an Israeli-Palestinian deal on the terms of a Palestinian state on lands Israel captured in 1967.

No group took immediate responsibility. Islamic State emerged in Nangarhar in 2015 on the porous border with Pakistan to become one of Afghanistan's most dangerous militant groups for its bombing and complex attacks.

The bullets seized from the plot is located about half-a-kilometre away from Imran Khan's private residence where he often visits.

Facebook has previously pledged to tighten livestreaming rules including barring its use by people who have engaged in hate speech or violated the network's community standards.

China criticised the US for directly taking the issue of listing Azhar as global terrorists to UN Security Council after it had put a technical hold on the US, UK and French resolution.