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This is the first time in two years of shutdown which had been triggered by the Fukushima crisis.

Rapid Action Battalion says they have arrested head of a group called Ansarullah Bangla Team banned in May

Conflict between Kurdistan Workers Party militants and Turkish security forces surges after ceasefire ends in July

Israeli PM say he is willing to "immediately" resume negotiations with the Palestinians

Berlin estimates its working age population will shrink by 6 million by 2030 as the number of deaths outstrips births

There were no immediate reports of casualties

The snake was discovered among 20 bottles ordered for the event

FAO says prices of almost all commodities dropped including milk, vegetable oils, sugar and cereals

Security analyst says it won't be surprising if IS militants tried to take advantage of Hajj to stage an attack

United States has taken in about 70,000 refugees a year over the past three years

Report names 972 alleged perpetrators, including 464 army personnel, who have gone unpunished

Police say Uber has been officially banned, as previously instructed by the mayor of Bandung

Apple's products are hugely popular in China and the country is increasingly one of its most important markets

Economy had expanded 2.5% in first quarter; economists predicted Turkey was heading for period of mediocre growth

IS publishes Aylan Kurdi's picture in its magazine Dabiq under headline: The danger of Abandoning Darul-Islam

132 foreigners and Saudis have been put to death in the kingdom this year compared with 87 for all of 2014

'It's an invasion that threatens our prosperity, our security, our culture and identity,' far-right leader says

WNANF report forecasts global nuclear capacity will grow to 552 gigawatts equivalent (GWe) by 2035

One parent expressed outrage that the school had “skipped over” Christianity

Students are angry over a 7.5% value added tax slapped recently on fees for private universities

Two women allege the diplomat beat and sexually assaulted them while they were imprisoned in his apartment

The mission will be launched before 2020 and aims to land a probe on a part of the moon never visible from earth

Fox will pay $725 million for a 73 per cent stake in the new entity called National Geographic Partner

Bol who set up the country's first independent newspaper printing press says his security, safety have been...

Dublin has agreed to accept up to 2,900 more refugees than currently planned, says Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald

Researchers say bones found in South African cave are Homo naledi, a new species of ancient human relative

Rules that the request by the accused to cross-examine victim was an 'abuse of judicial process'

Region’s editor-in-chief says magazine has been banned owing to ‘cultural reasons’

The base is one of President Bashar al-Assad's last footholds in eastern Syria

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov says Pakistan is Russia's closest partner

A further 800,000 people across eastern Japan have been advised to evacuate

Police say Adem Karadag, one of two foreigners arrested, was found in possession of bomb-making paraphernalia

Defence analysts claim Burraq is a Chinese UAV or based on Chinese technology

Google declines to comment on reports it plans to ramp up its Play store in China this year

In the case of each man, it published an "advertisement" announcing that he was "for sale"

Dell announced it planned to spend $250 billion on procurement and other investments over the next 10 years in China

51-year-old Kaul charges two rupees ($0.03) a year per student and funding from locals NGOs is scarce

Islamic finance has boomed on the back of strong economic growth in its core markets of the Gulf and southeast Asia

General Assembly will vote on a draft resolution to allow the flag of Palestine to be hoisted at the UN headquarters

Two sides describe health security as an important element of national security

New iPhone series features a new touch function called '3D-touch' in addition to camera, screen and processor...

Authorities worry pilgrims will pick up the coronavirus, when they travel to the Kingdom and take it back with them

A flaw in the web version of WhatsApp made it possible for hackers to hide malicious code in "vCards"

Ayman al-Zawahiri says they would cooperate with IS to fight the "in killing the crusaders and secularists and...

The hostage-taker was identified as Fabrice Boromee

Britain is exempt from EU asylum and migration policy

At least 140,000 passengers were grounded and 1,000 flights were cancelled Wednesday

Alam is accused of promoting an intolerant and narrow faith-based ideology and imposing gender segregation

Japan accepted only 11 of a record 5,000 asylum seekers in 2014

Gujrat govt erects billboards with an alleged Quranic verse saying eating beef causes disease