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Turkey and Syria have been rocked by a devastating earthquake on Feb. 6 which has killed more than 41,000 people

India will raise 7 new battalions of the Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) in the next few years, Indian minister says

"We have to have growth, otherwise basically the economy will shrink," Milinda Moragoda says

7 survivors made it to shore from the boat, which headed to Europe and was carrying 80 people, the IOM said

Turkey's General Directorate of Security said it had identified 613 people accused of making provocative posts

The plane crashed just before landing in Pokhra on Jan. 15 in one of Nepal's worst airplane accidents in 30 years

An Indian government official said the income tax survey was not vindictive or "done out of a sense of pique"

The foreign ministers of Britain, France, Germany, Italy and the US jointly voiced opposition over Israel's plans

Says she will remain until a successor has been found

Deal was in the making for over a year, insiders say, recounting details of the process on condition of anonymity

China says balloon shot down on Feb 4 was a civilian weather-monitoring aircraft

The country won't know how many people it has because it hasn't been able to count them

UN says rescue phase is coming to a close, with the focus turning to shelter, food and schooling

"The jury saw Mr. Klyushin for exactly what he is - a cybercriminal and a cheat," US Attorney Rachael Rollins said

US President Joe Biden called the agreement "historic"

The deal to free up grain exports from Ukraine's southern Black Sea ports was extended on Nov. 17 for 120 days

Earlier reports said the rescued person was a man, but later state broadcaster TRT reported that it was a woman

"A suspicious figure approached the forces with an explosive device, the forces opened fire in response," army said

China to "participate constructively" in talks to resume negotiations on implementing the Iran nuclear agreement: Xi

The Income Tax Authorities are currently at the BBC offices in New Delhi and Mumbai and we are fully cooperating: BBC

The balloon spent a week flying over the US and Canada before President Joe Biden ordered that it be shot down

Rescuers worked through the night to rescue people clinging to life beneath the rubble eight days after the earthquake

Incident comes against backdrop of nationwide protests triggered by death of Mahsa Amini

Recently, the US military has shot down four flying objects over North America, when an octagonal object was downed

Combined death toll in Turkiye and Syria from last Monday's 7.8 magnitude quake approached 36,000

Paxos says it would stop issuing new Binance USD, which is backed by traditional cash and US Treasury bills

"The city and the entire Bakhmut direction and Kostyantynivka are under chaotic shelling," says Volodymyr Nazarenko

Rayyana Barnawi will join fellow Saudi male astronaut on a mission to space station ‘during the 2nd quarter of 2023’

Decision on whether to relocate the eight journalists under ARAP programme will now have to be taken again

Award by the UK’s Brain Trust recognises her contributions to global mental literacy

When populist leaders invoke emergency laws to block dissent, democracy is in peril, NY Times Editorial Board says

Diplomatic row widens as China hits back at surveillance allegations

Death toll in Turkey and Syria rises to nearly 34,000

The country is looking to sign defence deals worth $9b at the Aero India event

'We're calling them objects, not balloons, for a reason,' says VanHerck

India has the world's fourth-largest air force but its largely Soviet-era fleet is in desperate need of modernising

Rescue team retrieves 80 bodies from rubble, hands them over to their heirs

No decision has been made about who will succeed Stoltenberg

Army spokesperson says troops sent into Jenin to detain a 'suspected militant came under fire and shot back'

Mainland China's population fell by 850,000 last year, the first decline since 1961

The death toll rose to 35,224 as officials said 31,643 people had died in Turkey and at least 3,581 in Syria

Separately, US military also scrambled fighter jets in Montana to investigate a radar anomaly

As country grapples with thousands in casualties, experts say the disaster could mark a turning point for Erdogan

Move highlights renewed interest by both sides to reset bilateral ties

NDMA sends one more relief consignment to Turkiye

'The device exploded during slow burn out work to disarm the remaining explosives," says police

Exposure to elevated levels of air pollution increases the risk of late-onset depression, JAMA Network Open says

"We have just learned from the family of Zeynep that she has passed away in the hospital," said leader rescue team

Addressing the ceremony, President Raisi declares victory over protest movement triggered by death of Mahsa Amini

India justifies it by saying it aims to stop “glamourising terrorists” during often violent anti-India demonstrations