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The blast that occurred on Saturday morning caused interior damage to the entrance of the Italian consulate and some facades of surrounding buildings.

For the first time in country's history, the government agencies will start 'electronic surveillance' of 1,600 terror suspects by installing a tracking device at their ankles.

The blast that took place early on Saturday morning caused extensive damage to the building's exterior and ruptured underground water pipes, flooding the area.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday said relations with China were a "cornerstone" of his country's foreign policy, following his meeting with President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the SCO summit in Russia.

He called for changing the system which "has imposed the mentality of profit at any price, with no concern for social exclusion or the destruction of nature."

The US welcoms the meeting between PM Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif in Russia saying the tension between the two South Asian neighbours is not in anyone's interest.

Narendra Modi had taken strongly taken up with China over blocking action in the UN against Pakistan on the release of Mumbai attack mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, Beijing defended its step saying it was based on "facts".

Highlighting a wide range of economic policies and reforms of the Narendra Modi government, Panagariya said he was "very upbeat" on the Indian economy.

Kurdish forces had seized Ain Issa on June 23, but on Monday jihadists launched a new assault on the town located 55 kilometres (35 miles) from Raqa.

A flight from Moscow to St Petersburg was delayed by about an hour after thousands of bees attacked the passenger plane, attaching themselves to its wing and covering the windows.

Rival rallies swelled in central Athens ahead of a referendum.Greek PM Alexis Tsipras urged voters to ignore European scaremongering and vote 'No' in this weekend's referendum.

British energy giant BP agreed to settle US federal and state claims worth up to USD 18.7 billion over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Three Taliban terrorists have been given an eight-time death sentence for attacking trucks carrying critical supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan in 2010.

Iran and six world powers are working towards an accord which. if signed. would potentially be the biggest breakthrough in decades of hostility between Washington and Tehran.

India has made "moderate" progress in reducing open defecation rates and has succeeded in providing access to improved drinking water, according to a UN report.

"The EU treaties make no provision for euro exit and we refuse to accept it. Our membership is not negotiable," the Greek Finance Minister argued.