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Russian rescuers lift a piece of the crashed Tu-154 plane outside Sochi, Black Sea. (Photo: AFP)

Faulty' flaps brought Russian airliner down

Life says the faulty flaps led the pilots to lose control as the plane was at a critical angle , according to the BBC.

29 Dec 2016 7:06 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Sharif launches China-backed nuclear plant

Defence minister Khawaja Mohammed Asif and adviser to PM on foreign affairs Sartaj Aziz were also present at the event.

29 Dec 2016 5:09 AM IST

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Afghanistan: Taliban behead woman for entering village without husband

Under the Taliban's strict interpretation of Islam, women are banned from leaving their houses unless accompanied by a...

28 Dec 2016 8:54 PM IST

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Indian-origin man charged with bribing Mexican officials

He bribed to secure aircraft maintenance and repair contracts with government-owned and controlled entities.

28 Dec 2016 5:48 PM IST

Bangladesh policemen cover their nose to protect themselves from the smell of teargas during a raid in a building in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Photo: AP)

Bangladesh: Police arrest 5 suspected militants for New Year 'terror...

The five were believed to be members of a faction of the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) group.

28 Dec 2016 5:08 PM IST

Russian rescue workers carry a body from the wreckage of the crashed plane, at a pier just outside Sochi, Russia. (Photo: AP)

Second black box from crashed Russian flight found

The military performers in the plane were set to perform for Russian troops at the Hmeimim airbase in Syria.

28 Dec 2016 4:10 PM IST

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Air strikes kill 22 civilians in eastern Syria

The civilians were from two families in the village of Hojna, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

28 Dec 2016 12:52 PM IST

Internally displaced people flee fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants on a road in eastern Mosul, Iraq. (Photo: AP)

Mosul's last bridge disabled by airstrike: residents

The northern city of Mosul had five bridges spanning the Tigris River, which runs through the center of the city.

28 Dec 2016 12:39 PM IST

The partys pick to lead the new government was Sevil Shhaideh, a close associate of PSD power broker Liviu Dragnea who was ruled out of the job due to a criminal conviction over a 2012 referendum rigging case. (Photo: AP)

Romanian president rejects nomination of Muslim woman for Prime...

Klaus Iohannis's decision to block appointment of Sevil Shhaideh may be linked to her Syrian husband's background.

28 Dec 2016 9:18 AM IST

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi speaks during a press conference in Baghdad. (Photo: AFP)

3 months needed to rout ISIS, says Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi

Abadi had previously pledged the northern city would be retaken by the end of this year.

28 Dec 2016 9:15 AM IST

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, and U.S. President Barack Obama, second from right, toss flower petals into the Wishing Well at the USS Arizona Memorial, part of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor. (Photo:

US: Abe, Obama pay tribute at Pearl Harbour

Following Obama's peace visit to Hiroshima in May, Japanese Prime Minister paid his tributes at the Pearl Harbour on...

28 Dec 2016 9:05 AM IST

Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

Shinzo Abe's Pearl Harbor pilgrimage to underscore alliance of hope'

Abe and Obama will speak at Pearl Harbor to mark the historic occasion.

28 Dec 2016 3:53 AM IST