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National Disaster Management Authority said that in the largest province of Punjab, 366 villages and over 2,00,000 people were affected, while crops on 2,05,366 acres of land were damaged.

Prime Minister Najib Razak's reluctance to intervene on the sudden enforcement of a dress code, analysts say, shows the liberal-minded leader is unwilling to stand up to conservatives.

Prime Minister Sushil Koirala expressed confidence that all parties would agree to the new Nepalese constitution

The European Central Bank increased emergency funding for Greek lenders, although capital controls will have to remain in place to avoid a run on the banks when they reopen on Monday.

Vladimir Putin told Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte that establishing an international tribunal to prosecute those behind the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine would be counterproductive.

An aggressive squirrel was 'arrested' by police in Germany after a woman complained that the rodent was following her around.

The company will also issue an apology to the Indian workers, who brought to the US as welders, pipefitters and in other positions to repair oil rigs and other facilities damaged by the 2005 hurricane.

China on Wednesday pledged to provide USD 10 million to all-weather friend Pakistan for the rehabilitation of people displaced due to military operations in the restive tribal region.

A group of 20 foreign tourists including Britons, South Africans and an Indian national, have been arrested in northern China on suspicion of having ties with a "terror group".

The US is now the only nation to visit every planet in the solar system.

Obama said every pathway for Iran to get a nuclear weapon was cut off under the agreement.

Euro zone leaders agreed on a roadmap to a possible third bailout for near-bankrupt Greece on Monday, but Athens must enact key reforms this week before they will start talks to keep it in the European currency area.

Twenty-three Russian soldiers were crushed to death by rubble after their military barracks collapsed in Siberia, the Russian defence ministry said on Monday.

The US has also hailed among other things the decision of the two countries to revive their stalled dialogue and to accelerate the trial in the Mumbai attack case.

IS hands out food and alms to the poor to tout their adherence to the month's spirit while meting out sharp punishment to anyone caught breaking the daily fast.

Modi proposed that countries should build a climate of peace, goodwill and trust in the region; strengthen regional connectivity - combat terrorism and extremism.