"The team was on a routine patrol east of Donetsk when contact was lost (on Monday evening)," reads the OSCE statement

Relatives of senior Boko Haram fighters as well as intermediaries were part of talks with former president.

Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah of the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority is to head the new government.

Putin immediately calls on Ukraine to end its "punitive" operation.

In the deadliest attack, a suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of a Shia mosque in Shorja neighbourhood.

Afghan President Karzai had said LeT was responsible for the assault which left two policemen wounded.

Tremor felt as far away as Dubai but no immediate reports of casualties.

China vowed a year-long crackdown on terrorism over the weekend with violence blamed on separatists from Xinjiang.

Analysts said it would take time to draw any conclusions from the raw, 'highly technical' data.

The girls were born six weeks early by emergency caesarean.