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Problems facing Nepal cannot be solved by force: India
India also urged the Himalayan nation to investigate and take credible measures to prevent recurrence of "incidents of violence, extra-judicial killings and ethnic discrimination in the country".
97-year-old US woman gets high school diploma after 79 years
Margaret Thome Bekema who would have walked with the Catholic Central High School class of 1936 in Grand Rapids, had to drop out in her junior year to care for her cancer-afflicted mother.
Officials search for cause of Russian plane crash over Egypt's Sinai
Almost everyone on board the Airbus-A321-200 operated by the Moscow-based Metrojet airline was Russian; Ukraine said four of its citizens were passengers.
Three bloggers attacked in Bangladesh
"We sent them to the DMCH (Dhaka Medical College Hospital) for treatment," an officer of the nearby Lalmatia police station said.
IS beheads four Iraq Kurd fighters after joint US raid
The video sought to portray the operation as a failure, with speakers saying the attacking forces were unable to overcome numerically inferior jihadists and displaying used first aid supplies that were left behind.
Queen set to host lunch for PM Modi in November
The business part of Modi's engagements will include an interaction over a banquet at the Guildhall, expected to be hosted by the Lord Mayor of London on November 12.
In an unexpected discovery, comet contains alcohol, sugar
Ethyl alcohol and a simple sugar known as glycolaldehyde were detected in Comet Lovejoy, said the study in the journal Science Advances.
David Cameron takes Xi Jinping to the pub for fish and chips
Cameron himself referred to the incident on Thursday as he chatted with customers at the pub alongside Xi, joking: "I'm not leaving my family in here today".
Indo-Canadian candidates win record 19 seats in Parliament
15 Indo-Canadian Liberal candidates won, while only 3 from Conservative Party got elected in the general elections to 338 seats. An Indo-Canadian belonging to New Democratic Party (NDP) also won.
India to ease fuel supplies to Nepal, says Nepalese Deputy PM
Thapa told reporters that the Indian leaders promised that fuel trucks lined up at a border crossing would be rerouted and more fuel would be supplied through other border points where there are no protests, to ease the supply of fuel to Nepal.
Pakistan refuses to comment on ex-defence minister's revelations on Osama, calls it his individual view
Terming former Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar's statements as his personal opinion, Pakistan said it "will not comment on the views of an individual, expressed in his private capacity."
15-year-old girl becomes 'America's Top Young Scientist'
The award includes $ 25,000 and a student adventure trip to a destination such as Costa Rica.
China at risk of frequent, severe dengue outbreaks
The best current prevention against dengue is avoiding contact with the mosquitoes that transmit the disease through use of insect repellents and mosquito control programmes.
US halts Syrian rebel training effort; to focus on arms supply
Under the new policy, the US would provide equipment packages and weapons to a select group of "vetted leaders and their units" in their fight against ISIL (also known as ISIS or IS), Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes said on Friday.
Launch next phase of reforms for faster growth, IMF to India
In its Asia and Pacific Regional Economic Outlook Update released in Peru on the sidelines of the annual fall meeting of the IMF and World Bank, the IMF has projected a slight drop in India's growth rate from 7.5 per cent to 7.3 per cent in 2015 and maint...
Hillary Clinton heckled at Hispanic Caucus event
Ramos a member of the United We Dream alleged that Clinton's campaign has been receiving funds from private prison corporations which profit from the mass incarceration of people of colour in their jails and immigrant detention facilities.