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FAO is concrned about farmers missing out on the rice planting season

All 298 passengers and crew on board the Malaysia Airlines jetliner -- the majority of them were Dutch

Sanitation and water facilities at these camps is a real concern

Zimbabwe's indigenization law compels foreign companies to cede majority shares to local partners

"The navy has sent the Alborz and Bushehr destroyers to patrol the entrance to the strait"

Police said the conductor, cleaner and a passenger harassed and groped the girl and her mother

Chinese president reaffirms support to an abiding all-weather bilateral relationship between Pakistan and China

Defence Ministry spokesperson says US only worsening tension over cybersecurity with its new strategy

Palestinian fishermen said it was the first time Israel had given vessels back.

Some parents express fear their children might be shot or exposed to violence

Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam urges Indian media not to ‘malign’ humanitarian assistance efforts

The scene is disastrous, in the streets and inside houses where families are often trapped and terrified, says Awgari

Spokesperson says the issue of Kashmir should be resolved according to the aspirations of Kashmiris through plebiscite

Foreign Office confirms birth; says baby has been named after the city Lahore

Police transfer case to Fata secretariat as it did not take place in an area under their jurisdiction

Afghan president says if deadlock continues, Afghanistan will not provide equal transit access to Pakistani trucks

PM Nawaz calls Indian premier to express condolences over deaths in recent earthquake

FBI's role, previously undisclosed, runs counter to US longstanding public opposition to paying ransoms

The dinosaur probably lived in trees and used peg-like teeth to munch lizards, mammals and insects, and perhaps fruit

It's the largest egg from the largest bird that ever existed

Chinese manufacturer Lenovo was third after completing its acquisition of Motorola from Google

Acting Saudi Ambassador voices displeasure at Pakistan's decision to distance itself from conflict in Yemen

Nigeria seeking to identify nearly 300 women and girls rescued from Boko Haram

Rishi Khanal knew what he must do to survive: drink his own urine

Cartoonist Luz says drawing Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) 'no longer interests' him

300 tribal fighters trained in Saudi Arabia were deployed back to their home area in central Marib province

Infant's rescue among many incidents of hope in disaster-stricken Nepal

ISPR releases pictures of military doctors treating the injured

Egypt has been afflicted by sectarian violence in the past but both faiths are making efforts to remain united

Bullet developed to ‘increase hit rates for difficult, long-distance shots’

Rights experts hail US move to review counter-terrorism operations after attack in Pakistan killed 2 foreign hostages

Sediq Sediqqi, a spokesperson for Afghan interior ministry, says Afghan troops are fighting militants in Kunduz

Dozens of poverty-stricken, debt-laden farmers have killed themselves in the past two months

China has more than 300 million smokers

Austria, backed by 159 nations, calls for ban on nuclear weapons because of their catastrophic humanitarian effects

Niloofar Rahmani cuts a striking presence as she struts across the tarmac at the Kabul Air Force base

The reshuffling also sees world's longest-serving foreign minister replaced

Nigerian defence spokesperson gave no indication as to how long it would take for the hostages to be identified

There was shock and anger in Australia over the executions of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran

Saudi Arabia claims bombing forced Iranian plane to turn back. Iran denies, claims planes landed in Sanaa

The fault lines which have divided US since the Civil War are still there

A 15-year-old Muslim girl who was banned from class twice for wearing a long black skirt

The mosque represents purest forms of light and matter, just as a primary inner world, free from all cultural burdens

Officials claim 95% of the work has been completed

Nepal has told aid agencies it did not need more foreign rescue teams to come, its government and military could cope

"Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev smoked pot, partied and drank before turning radical", told witnesses.

Disaster in Badakhshan province comes nearly a year after another landslide triggered by heavy rains.

Riots increase after the funeral of Freddie Gray, who died of spinal injuries eight days after he was detained.

US claims one of the Iranian vessels "fired shots" across the bow of the Maersk Tigris

Summit is expected to touch on Iran's nuclear programme and developments in Yemen