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US Geological Survey has reported several aftershocks, strongest measuring magnitude 4.8

Illegal adoption is a thriving business in India, where more than 100,000 children are reported missing every year

Martunis is the new recruit for the Sporting Lisbon academy, where he'll live, study and grow as a man and footballer

Survivors all recounted how the 33-tonne vessel was backing out of the port of Ormoc City when it suddenly overturned

Kabul authorities lodge a formal protest over cross-border shelling

Events in which four or more people died "create a period of contagion that lasts an average of 13 days

An autopsy showed a woman's fatal pneumonia was caused by the contagious disease

Every year hundreds of thousands of devout Hindus from India and abroad make the gruelling trek to the Amarnath shrine

Securities commission says investigation will focus on such activities occurring simultaneously in multiple markets

Attack comes a day after Modi launched his campaign Digital India in a bid to reform his country through technology

Slumped as much as 6.38 per cent in late afternoon trade before recovering slightly

Angela Merkel's office asks the US ambassador to come on Thursday to discuss allegations of NSA spying

The agreement increases the pre-tax cost of the disaster to BP by an estimated $10 billion to $53.8 billion

Indian home minister while visiting Kashmir says they made their intentions clear to Pakistan on Modi's oath-taking

Crowds have gathered for Iftar and the atmosphere is excited

Sartaj Aziz says the step would help promote friendly relations between the two countries and their people

Indian government minister has issued an apology after three passengers were ordered off a domestic flight

The aim of the unique initiative is to capture the 'spirit' of Ramazan

Authorities say they arrested woman at London's Heathrow Airport in February after arriving on a flight from Turkey

Militants have stepped up attacks on soldiers and police since President Mohamed Mursi was removed from power in 2013

A lawyer and activist says ruling is unambiguous and a warning to lower courts that tried to use mediation in future

Students have been barred from sharing pictures and footage from inside the school without consent of their teacher

Volkswagen spokesperson says initial conclusions indicate human error was to blame rather than a problem with robot

FO spokesperson says Pakistani embassy in Saudi Arabia has also asked for consular access to Zaid Hamid

US, Israel and some other nations suspect Iran is secretly developing a nuclear weapons capability

The appeal was heard behind closed doors and reportedly reached a verdict on Wednesday

"The victims were killed in their sleep. No one got the opportunity to escape"

Al Qaeda was planning an unspecified attack in the Muslim-majority nation after Eidul Fitr: Rapid Action Battalion

Afghanistan lodges formal protest over 'Pakistani forces shelling on the Afghan border police'

Google says it is appalled and genuinely sorry for the labelling

Sandy Berger told Clinton to go after bank accounts, travel and other assets of individual Pakistani officers

Afghan Local Police operate as surrogate village armies to fill security vacuum in remote Taliban-infested countryside

Over 80 per cent of Yemen's population is in need of aid

Liao Jian-zong mistakenly switched off the plane's only working engine seconds before it crashed killing 43 people

The violence comes two days after state prosec­utor Hisham Baraka­t was assass­inated in a Cairo car bombin­g

No loss of life or property reported

Authorities had detained the three men just as they were boarding a flight to Denmark at Marrakesh airport

Of the Pakistani prisoners, there are 251 civilians and 27 fishermen

The charity will help build bridges to foster cultural understanding, develop communities, empower women, enable youth

Embassies in Washington & Havana will be reopened on July 20; EU terms restoration of ties 'historic milestone'

Afghanistan claims their policeman was killed after intervening to prevent an illegal construction by Pakistan

Cellphone footage of arrest shows officers restraining Henriquez before his limp body was put in police vehicle

Brigadier General Abdul Samad Habib was taken into custody as he attempted to smuggle illegal drugs in his vehicle

Woman filed a lawsuit alleging police forced her to remove her hijab after she was arrested on a parking violation

Troops regularly come under attack in Sinai, where militants linked to IS are waging a bloody insurgency

London-based group released report on 25th anniversary of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act in Indian Kashmir

Refugees arrive in Italy and Greece before moving on to other northern European states in the hope of finding jobs

Experts say employment discrimination has fueled resentment and unrest among Uighurs in Xinjiang

The designs which are suited to all sports will help Muslim girls participate in sports across the US

Executed in part as revenge for the deaths of at least three of the rebel group's members who were beheaded by IS