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The money is to help poor nations make the shift from cheap and abundant fossil fuels to renewable energy sources

Of the cancelled flights, 23 were inter-continental services, Lufthansa said in a statement

Police has strongly denied claims of luring cybercrime suspects using obscene photographs

Organisation campaigns against coal mines in forests, genetically modified crops, nuclear power and waste management

President Ashraf Ghani ordered a probe into the stoning in a Taliban-controlled area just outside Firozkoh

Britain earlier said it believed Islamic State may have downed the jet, but Egypt said there was no evidence

The pontiff also confides that he missed being able to walk on the streets

Saudi police claims to have arrested seven African men for brewing and selling liquor

The accused was arrested under section 376 of the Indian Penal Code based on the victim's complaint

Cairo and Moscow have sought to downplay the suggestion of an attack

Officials say the newspaper is accused of offensive reporting on Palestinian security coordination with Israel

Spacewalk is the 190th in support of International Space Station, marking 15 continuous years of human habitation

Several Afghan officials suggested Taliban fighters were using the hospital as a base, a claim that MSF firmly rejects

What happens when an American writer and a Muslim scholar debate the Holy Quran?

It is not the fundamental right of a Muslim to have four wives, court observes

Sunday's election has been accompanied by crescendo in anti-Muslim sentiment led by hard-core of Buddhist monks

Woman alleges her in-laws beat her for not bringing Rs 10,000 from her parents and then put her hands in boiling oil

Israeli PM's Netanyahu's new top media adviser accused US President Barack Obama of anti-Semitism

Number of European airlines readied to bring home thousands of tourists from Sinai peninsula resort of Sharm el-Sheikh

Former president says Cheney built his own empire and marched to a different drummer

Senator Rubio sparks controversy after saying he wants to have a drink with an underage Muslim

Turkey has been on the hunt for IS extremists since the twin bombings on a peace rally in Ankara on October 10

Chile seeks extradition of Marie-Emmanuelle Verhoeven for her alleged participation in conspiracy to kill a senator

The sewer system was overwhelmed by several days of downpour, leading to flooding in Baghdad and other parts

Mahathir has become fiercest critic of Najib Razak, who is facing pressure over graft scandal surrounding state fund

Justin Trudeau visits delegation of Ismaili Imamat in Canada

41% of working mothers say being a parent has hampered their career advancement

The industry has exploded in recent years with thousands of infertile couples flocking to India

Police says students protested against a threatening and racist message left on a school computer

App supports VR video, a format that gives viewers more realistic 360-degree perspectives of films

India provides free condoms under its AIDS prevention programme that targets high-risk groups like sex workers

Other terms which feature on the annual list include 'clean eating', 'dadbod', 'manspreading' and...

A killer snowstorm in the Himalayas, a scorching heat wave in Argentina; all made worse by climate change

Researchers believe that the loss of ions to space was a 'significant player' in changing Mars' climate

The announcement came after Russian Airbus A321 airliner crashed in Egypt and killed 224 people

Obama would do everything that he can for the closure, which is a national security priority, spokesperson said

US president says he believed there was a "possibility" that a bomb may have brought down a Russian airliner in Egypt

Boeing has however, received a NASA contract to send astronauts to the ISS aboard its CST-100 Starliner capsule

Report suggests Fox Lake Police Lieutenant Gliniewicz tried to arrange for the killing of a local administrator

Owner of Kimberley Hotel, made false statements to the bank's Hong Kong unit to get loans to renovate the hotel

Deported from Indonesia where he was arrested, Chhota Rajan was handed over to the CBI

Around 200 demonstrators protested against Sisi's human rights record, and in support of those killed in Cairo in 2013

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A Russian airliner carrying 224 passengers crashed into a mountainous area of Egypt’s Sinai on Nov 1

The café is a project by ‘Stop Acid Attacks’, a group committed to ending acts of violence against women

Meat-eating dinosaur Allosaurus was able to crank open its jaws between 79 & 92 degrees, wider than a right angle

Defence ministry says it will use laws that target influential figures and ask people to provide information to state

One of the children's bodies had been recovered, but the search for a six-year-old boy, was still under way

The move comes a day after Bahrain said it has uncovered a terrorist organisation linked to Iran; arrested 47 members

Britain-based watchdog says clashes were still raging in south and east of town and dozens of soldiers had been killed