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North Korea fires four short-range missiles into sea
The missiles were launched from a base on the west coast and flew more than 100 kilometres, the spokesman for the South's joint chiefs of staff said.
World powers, Iran agree on framework of historic Nuclear deal
The weapons grade plutonium facility will be dismantled. The robust inspections of Iran's uranium supply chain will last for 25 years.
Chinese President Xi Jinping for trilateral cooperation with India: Sri Lanka
China proposed the trilateral cooperation after the fall of the Mahinda Rajapaksa government in January.
349 Indians evacuated from Yemen reach Djibouti, will be brought to Delhi soon
Indian embassy officials in Yemen have asked people whose travel papers are ready to reach the Sanaa airport immediately.
Bangladesh: Another blogger hacked to death in Dhaka
A 27-year-old Bangladeshi blogger was on Monday hacked to death by three machete-wielding suspected Islamists, a month after a prominent American writer was killed in a similar manner.
Germanwings crash co-pilot may have had detached retina: Newspaper
Police also discovered personal notes that showed Lubitz suffered from "severe subjective overstress symptoms", he added.
Astronauts board space station for 1-year mission
Mikhail Kornienko and Scott Kelly are to spend 342 days aboard the orbiting laboratory, about twice as long as a standard mission on the station.
US isolated as allies line up to join China-led bank
Beijing has pledged to put up most of the initial US dollar 50 billion in capital for the bank, which is expected to be set up by year's end.
Afghan leader Ashraf Ghani vows new chapter in US ties
Ghani expressed a revitalized optimism about the US-Afghan relationship.
Indian-origin author brutally assaulted in South Africa for praising Salman Rushdie
Zainub Priya Dala was hit in the face with a brick last week after she praised Rushdie's writing at a school in Durban.
Suicide bombers kill 137 in Yemen mosque attacks
Four bombers wearing explosive belts targeted worshippers in and around the crowded mosques.
MH17 crash: Dutch team to inspect new areas in Ukraine
A team of 12 Dutch officials left for Ukraine to gather new evidence on last year's crash of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.
New technology to select healthiest sperm to boost In-Vitro-Fertilisation
Microfluidics - micro-scale technologies that were originally developed to enable high-throughput gene sequencing and for Point-of-Care diagnostics - are now being adapted to enhance sperm sorting.
UN expert demands international action on North Korea abductions
"There is a real sense of urgency to solve this matter once and for all," said Marzuki Darusman, the UN's independent expert on the rights situation in North Korea.
Tipu Sultan's arms and armour to be auctioned in London
The collection features sabres, gem-set trophy swords, embroidered arrow quivers, exquisite quilted helmets, blunderbusses, fowling pieces, sporting guns, pistols, and a three-pounder bronze cannon, with each and every weapon a work of art in its own righ...
Man, boy in Islamic State killing video are French citizens: Official
In the video, the man praises attacks on Jews "in your own stronghold in France" as he and the boy stand behind the man about to be killed.