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In a statement on Twitter, Islamic State said it had shot down a military plane with anti-aircraft artillery

She hanged herself after a council punished her family for her suspected extra-marital romance with a lower-caste man

Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet signed off on the measure which still requires parliamentary approval

Obama's choice for the US high court vacancy is seen as one of the most consequential actions of his presidency

"I think you'd have riots. I'm representing many, many millions of people" Donald Trump

Sharapova had been a goodwill ambassador for the UN Development Programme for the past nine years

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Trump on Tuesday won key Republican primaries in Illinois, North Carolina and Florida

The goal is to measure the size of the flames, how quickly they spread, the heat output, and how much gas is emitted

The report showed Syria, Afghanistan and eight sub-Saharan countries as the 10 least happy places on earth to live

'If this H-bomb were to fall on Manhattan, all the people there would be killed immediately' Cho Hyong Il

Flight comes three years after Captain Surainy became the first female captain of a flag carrier in Southeast Asia

Apple is fighting a court order which requires the company to write new software to disable passcode protection

Zika increases the risk of microcephaly that results in an abnormally small head -- by fifty-fold

The only part of the missing plane that has so far been found and identified was on the French island of La Reunion

Filippo Grandi said the world must do more to end the refugee crisis

Zika virus is suspected of causing birth defects when it infects pregnant women

Group expresses surprise and disappointment with the targeting of Asians at 88th Oscars telecast

Obama says he is dismayed about violence and divisiveness on the US presidential campaign trail

The number of US troops is due to drop to 5,500 starting in January 2017, down from 9,800 currently

'In the building where I grew up, Hindus and Muslims lived side by side'

Virtual reality represents a new frontier for gaming, one that will forever change the way users interact with games

Maharashtra in 2005 suspended licences of hundreds of bars, hotels that featured skimpily dressed dancing women

The army said the plane was carrying soldiers for a parachuting master class when it crashed

Mothers with high blood sugar or diabetes, even within a healthy range, also tend to have bigger babies

A health official in Hajja said the casualties were civilians and included children, adding that "the toll could...

Several strike fighters landed at an airbase in Moscow as part of the withdrawal of armed forces from Syria

Ayanle Hassan Ali stabbed two Canadian soldiers at a military recruiting office in Toronto on Monday

According to state commissioner, both start-ups were operating without approval

The 69-year-old Republican says US needs smart and educated people in the country

Poor rains induced by the El Nino weather phenomenon have hampered food production

The cuts will occur for seven and a half hours, five and a half hours during the day and two hours at night

Changes will allow Cubans to open US bank accounts and authorise those living in the US to earn salary or compensation

We do not forget, we do not forgive, the group says

The woman's father and uncle were among five people arrested over the assault

Two emirati nationals and five foreigners are alleged of forming a cell linked to Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah

Disenfranchised citizens have increasingly turned to the Internet to highlight alleged state abuses and demand reforms

Thailand is facing its worst water shortage in two decades, with 14 out of 76 provinces hit

Police say investigators believe it was an explosive device that caused the vehicle to explode

No one has claimed responsibility for Sunday's car bomb that tore through a crowded transport hub in Ankara

This is the first time troops from Russia's Central Military District have been involved in exercises in Tajikistan

Pope Francis made the announcement at a meeting of cardinals

After Lee managed to pull one back for humanity in game four, AlphaGo returned to its best destructive form

"I expect not only words, but acts " French PM Manuel Valls

The 27 year-old male suspect made some comments before the police arrived "which has caused some concern"

Italy, Switzerland and Bulgaria rounded out the top five

New Delhi aims an alternative to US-based Global Positioning System that the country currently relies on

Alcohol use among young teens in the 42 countries canvassed also went down over the same period

At all of 19 years of age, Sadaf seeks 'to prove that men and women can be equal'

The militant right winger is appearing in public for the first time since his 2012 trial