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EgyptAir blackbox data show heat damage, smoke

Smoke detectors went off in a toilet and in the avionics area below the cockpit, minutes before the plane disappeared.

30 Jun 2016 5:22 PM IST

Kuwait residential fire kills 9 Asians, injures more than 25

The fire happened in a house that had been subdivided into multiple residences in Farwaniya.

30 Jun 2016 5:21 PM IST

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London man arrested over extremist postings on social media

Scotland Yard said the 44-year-old was taken into custody on Wednesday and later bailed.

30 Jun 2016 4:37 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

10,000 people to take part in Modi's reception in South Africa

This is for the very first time, an Indian head of state will address a public gathering of this magnitude on South...

30 Jun 2016 4:26 PM IST

Obama, Pena Nieto unite against anti-trade rhetoric at 'three amigos'...

"Isolationism is not a road towards progress," said Pena Nieto

30 Jun 2016 4:25 PM IST

A vendor carrying dogs on his bike in China. (Photo: AP)

22 sentenced in China for selling tainted dog meat

The sentences came as China faced criticism both at home and abroad for not banning annual dog meat festival in Yulin...

30 Jun 2016 4:25 PM IST

Trainee police officers were returning from training center in Wardak province and were heading to the capital on leave

Taliban suicide bombers kill 27, wound 40 in attack on Afghan police

Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack.

30 Jun 2016 3:57 PM IST

Kiryat Arba is a settlement adjacent to the city of Hebron, which has been a flashpoint of violence in the recent wave of attack

13-year-old Israeli girl dies after Palestinian stabbing

Over the last nine months, Palestinians have carried out dozens of attacks that have killed 33 Israelis and two...

30 Jun 2016 2:44 PM IST

Boko Harams seven-year insurgency has left at least 20,000 people dead in Nigeria and border areas of neighbouring Niger, Chad

Ten killed in jihadist suicide bombing in Cameroon

Most of the victims were members of a local vigilante group tasked with hunting down Boko Haram fighters.

30 Jun 2016 1:32 PM IST

Senate Democratic candidate Misty Snow. (Photo: AP)

2 transgender women running for US Congress could make history

Snow, 30, is a Utah grocery store clerk while Plowright, 33, is a Colorado army veteran and former Microsoft employee.

30 Jun 2016 1:30 PM IST

Britain's Theresa May launches bid to succeed Prime Minister

Like Cameron, May supported remaining in the bloc but played a low-key and conciliatory role in the campaign.

30 Jun 2016 12:03 PM IST

Authorities say Chen had the items mailed to reshipping companies in New Castle, Delaware, which then sent the goods to China. (

Man sentenced for smuggling military-grade arms from US to China

26-year-old Kan Chen illegally exported more than 180 export-controlled items, valued over $275,000, from US to China.

30 Jun 2016 11:58 AM IST