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The robots are designed to navigate through rubble to find survivors after natural disasters or bombings

The new rules came after Facebook launching an advertising campaign in support of its Free Basics program

Earthquakes are common in New Zealand, whose two islands lie along the Australia-Pacific tectonic plate boundary

The couple were seized on January 15 from the town of Djibo near Burkina Faso's border with Mali

Before crashing, the aircraft conducted raids on Islamic State militants positions some nine miles from Derna

The conclusion stems from a study of about 22,000 publicly-traded companies in 91 countries

Sayyaf was charged with providing material support to a terrorist organisation that resulted in a person's death

Larycia Hawkins was placed on leave from Wheaton College after posting a picture of herself wearing a hijab

The House of Waris chief was heading to New York's fashion week

The rate of twin births in Britain, Germany, France, Denmark and US doubled from 1975 to 2011

Last week, the three visited the families of Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces

An estimated 8,000 troops have died on the glacier since 1984

Rehmani, a member of the group’s powerful Leadership Council, had served as a governor of Kandahar

The quake hit some 96 kilometres southwest of Panguna, according to the US Geological Survey

If proven it would be the first meteorite death of a human in recorded history

Injured include scientist and forest dept employees who tried to corner animal found inside school premises

Units from Iraqi army have begun arriving to military base near Makhmur district to launch military operation

As more women don scarf to show support, the reaction is divided

Separately, 11 migrants died and three were rescued when another boat sank further south off the coast

Decides not to allow 'discriminatory pricing' for different data platforms or content

Kathleen Willey, former White House volunteer says Bill Clinton groped her in an Oval Office hallway in 1993

Go/No-Go medicines are given to fighter pilots across the IAF in a military exercise, which simulated a two-front war

The suspects had planned to stage attacks in the Russian capital, Saint Petersburg and the Sverdlovsk region

Ibrahim Mohammed Salman was caught trying to smuggle opium which was hidden in his car

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This is a way of sending a signal to China that what North Korea does has real consequences, a senior fellow said

The monkey-eating eagle is found only in the rapidly vanishing tropical rain forests of the Philippines

The official death toll from the quake rose to 38, with more than 100 people missing

Since September, the Russians have been carrying out strikes against groups of fighters opposed to Syrian President

Police said the man barricaded himself inside his house after murdering two sons and two daughters

Assafiri’s Muslim speed-dating event is more informal than the conventional one

Headley says Lashkar-e-Taiba militants had been behind the fatal assaults

Saman Syeda ’faked qualifications’ to work in UK, but says she’s been framed

Here is a look at advanced technologies that Japan uses to protect its buildings

Taliban claim responsibility for the bombing in a statement released online

US sees launch as cover for development of ballistic missile technology that could be used to deliver a nuclear weapon

Police say five adults and two children, all occupants of vehicle, were killed in accident in Chile's Maule region

Police arrested couple who sold the concoction of ethanol, water and fruit that is believed to have caused 22 deaths

The centre's source said the most valuable tip off could receive 100,000 yuan

Modi and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang agreed at a meeting in May to start annual visits between their militaries

Priest in question has denied he abused Juan Carlos Cruz and bishop has denied knowledge of any wrongdoing

Hong Kong's feng shui masters say the year will be a boom time for innovation and women will be in the ascendant

The 63-year-old faces up to seven years in jail and two million euros ($2.2 million) in fines if found guilty

Sharing hugs and kind words with average people, a bright-eyed Trudeau set a new Canadian standard

The woman was found lying under her dead husband and their 2-year-old son, who was also killed, was found lying nearby

The pontiff also said he was deeply concerned about plight of civilians forced to flee their homes as fighting raged

Arrests were carried out in eastern cities of Valencia and Alicante and in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta

Launch breaches UN resolutions aimed at preventing N. Korea from acquiring missile to carry out long-range strike

'We have been frustrated at the slow pace .... of confronting Daesh' Minister Foreign Affairs, Anwar Gargash

'Americans are obsessed with obesity, yet actual fat people are largely absent from our cultural landscape'