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The soldier had accidentally crossed the LoC and was later handed back to India in January 2017

More than 300,000 Thais gather in and around funeral area

Follows jailing of over 150,000 people

Released activists included Amnesty International's Turkey director

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A growing number of young Muslims from Indonesia, Egypt and Kazakhstan are also travelling more frequently

Says Islamabad’s denying that there are terrorist safe havens on its soil will not automatically lead to sanctions

Pakistan had issued international arrest warrant for detainee

When police arrived, the alleged rapist had escaped from the scene

The attack lasted several hours until the army pushed back the Taliban

Latest approvals come after Israel last week advanced plans for more than 2,600 settlement homes

Group was made up of four women and 13 men

Airlines suggest passengers arrive early for flights to account for any additional delays caused by the new rules

Jacinda Ardern, the incoming premier, will be New Zealand’s youngest leader in more than 150 years

Move aims to freeze the assets across the Gulf and in US jurisdiction of 11 individuals and two entities

Gen Rawat's remarks come days after appointment of an interlocutor in IOK for dialogue, the move rejected by Pakistan

Assembly elections in Gujarat will be held in two phases on December 9 and 14, with the results announced on Dec 18

No details given of when the minimum wage would be introduced or at what level

Aksener said her party aimed to raise the average length of education in Turkey from seven years to 11 years

20 young Warsaw doctors launched a hunger strike, which was later repeated in other big cities

India has grim record of sexual assaults with 34,651 cases reported in 2015

Amnesty International questions whether Minhai genuinely free

Ties between Iran and the United States have deteriorated under President Donald Trump

Wine a big draw for tourists

While India has strongly condemned North's nuclear tests, it has maintained diplomatic relations with Pyongyang

WHO agency says key ingredient in Monsanto weedkiller most likely carcinogenic

Guld state's 'Kafala' system in the spotlight

Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, has lost billions of dollars since crude prices plummeted in mid-2014

Chandrika Solanki was leading a workers' protest; released after Narendra Modi reached airport

Ashraf Ghani rejects a ‘Pakistan-managed’ effort to broker peace between Afghan govt and Taliban

Code gave NSA an almost undetectable presence

Thailand has been in sombre mood since Bhumibol's death one year ago

Appreciates New Delhi's 'support' in combating extremism

Duterte has made it clear he favours being less dependent on the US

Communist Party gives Xi inviolable mandate to rule

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Believes fewer women will contest elections in future

Asian, European professors targeted in "vigorous lecturer recruitment campaign"

Offer follows Iraqi military offensive against break-away northern region

Landed in New Delhi after a brief visit to Islamabad

The parents of the baby have been reported to the authorities in Toulouse

It marked the strongest US response so far to the months-long Rohingya crisis

Astrolabes have been in use since ancient times and the mariners' version was developed by Portuguese explorers

Almost 170,000 Pakistani troops have served as peacekeepers; 153 of whom were martyred

The man remains in a critical condition with serious burns after self-immolating

This is eighth time Russia has used veto power at the Security Council to block action targeting its Syrian ally

A clock and a fire alarm missing in the photograph released by the Afghan president's office

Since it was discovered by chance in 1998 the man-made mound has been scarred by bulldozers more than once

Statement is the most direct attack by a top official on country's influential religious establishment

Indian health ministry data shows that respiratory issues killed about 10 people per day in the year 2017