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Malaysian PM vows to keep up search for MH370, report offers no new clue
A 584-page interim report into the disappearance of the Boeing 777-200ER provided details on how radars had tracked the plane going off course to issues concerning the battery of the flight data recorder's underwater locator beacon.
FBI urges 'vigilance' against IS recruitment online
Authorities believe the teenager helped a man not much older than himself make his way to Syria, partly by using online contacts linked to the IS terrorists.
US support India's efforts to address gender-based violence
"We have not seen the documentary in question and cannot comment on it," a Senior US State Department official said.
Air crash in Nepal: India sends team to help
The C-130J ferried 11 personnel of Air India and the recovery kit to Kathmandu airport where the usable runway length has been reduced to only about 5000 ft, making it impossible for any commercial aircraft to land.
Maldives President addresses Parliament amid opposition protests
Opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) and Jumhooree Party (JP) MPs gathered in front of the secretariat desk at the 'People's Majlis' and clamoured for the release of former President Nasheed.
Islamic State releases 19 Christians, more than 200 still captive
Islamic State has not claimed any of the abductions.
Iran says to speed up work with IAEA as deadline looms
Iran's nuclear negotiator promised speedier cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency on Tuesday, days after the U.N. watchdog said Tehran was continuing to stall parts of an investigation into its nuclear programme.
Somalia-based extremists give terror threat to US, UK and Canada in a 76-minute video
A video released by Al Shabaab calls on its followers to "hasten to heaven" by attacking Oxford Street in central London, one of the UK's most iconic shopping districts, and two Westfield malls in east and west London.
'Need to reform madrassa system in Pak' says Pakistani NGO
Top leaders of 26 Pakistani terrorist groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba and Haqqani network "are products of" madrassas and there is an urgent need to reform all such seminaries, an executive of a Pakistani NGO has said.
35-year-old South African jailed for 1,535 years for raping 29 women
Albert Morake's reign of terror in the Tembisa area of Gauteng province began in 2007 and ended with his arrest in 2012.
Yet another blizzard hits US east coast
Southern states not used to such cold weather were also hit.
Impose travel ban, sanctions on Pakistan: Senators to John Kerry
The United States should pursue a different approach with the Pakistani Government, Royce and Engel said.
'Intelligence' can be taught: Study
At the basis of general problem solving is the ability to use strategies acquired in one area in a wide range of other tasks.
World must 'seize opportunity' of sealing nuclear deal: Iran
"Right now good progress has been made although we are some distance away from the final agreement," President Hassan Rouhani said.
China assisted Pakistan to build 6 nuclear reactors
China is currently exporting nuclear technology to Pakistan and Argentina, vice minister of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said.
Jordan says pilot murder 'turning point' in Islamic State fight
Air strikes carried out so far by Jordan's air force were "the beginning of an ongoing process to eliminate" IS, Interior Minister Hussein Majali said, quoted by government newspaper Al-Rai.