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She has been a Scottish MP for four years, beat veteran campaigner Ken Macintosh to replace Jim Murphy

The boat was carrying about 300 migrants when it ran into difficulty off the coast of Libya

The jet disappeared from radar on March 8 last year after mysteriously veering off its original flight path

Mullah Akhtar Mansoor takes charge as the IS group makes gradual inroads into Afghanistan

US officials say the circumstances of her death remain unclear

Residents around the site of the explosions evacuated over fears of highly-poisonous sodium cyanide

The poor are at bottom of the pyramid of development and we have to strengthen the base of the pyramid, says Modi

According to a new poll, 59 per cent of respondents feel Modi has not kept his promise of a corruption-free government

Experts feel China best suited to pick up mantle after Pakistan’s exclusion from peace process

Agron Hasbajrami had sent $1,000 to a terror group, but was arrested while trying to travel to Pakistan

Vikas Swarup, while responding to a question on Twitter, hints at the agenda of the stalks scheduled for August 23-24

Says a line has been crossed and any further escalation in tactics would represent a very real security risk

The incident took place on Friday in Nezapir sector, located in Forward Kahuta district on the Line of Control

Moscow has long opposed the plan and vowed to retaliate if it goes ahead

According to report, Indian government owes farmers INR8 bilion for seizing 700 acres of their land

The town of Baiji and its refinery - Iraq's largest - have been a battlefront for more than a year

Chinese media & environment groups warn host of potentially extremely dangerous chemicals may have been stored there

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Alleges the attack was orchestrated by the foreign forces to tarnish the image of new Taliban leader

Khanna's app showed that users of Facebook Messenger could trace the exact locations of people they were talking to

Still radiating heat from its formation,40m years after dinosaurs became extinct, 51 Eridani b glows in infrared light

Says future generations of Japanese should not have to keep apologising for the mistakes of the past

Three retired Marines who last lowered the flag in 1961 participated in the ceremony

Recent reports spurred a national debate about the lack of diversity at Silicon Valley's tech companies

Police says restrictions are imposed to prevent miscreants from hoisting Pakistani flags

Euro zone finance ministers are expected to approve the vital aid for Athens later today

Both men had confessed to being members of the hardline Ansarullah Bangla Team, says police

German defence ministry says we have indications there was an attack with chemical weapons against Kurdish fighters

The move is aimed at keeping the South Korean giant atop the global smartphone market and countering its rival, Apple

Zhou Ti was being treated for chest injuries at a hospital in Tianjin and was in stable condition

Assange has been holed up since 2012 at Ecuador's embassy in London, which is under 24-hour police guard

Reformist alliance that rallied to elect President Maithripala Sirisena in January remains intact

Opposition has blocked flagship tax and land reforms with rowdy protests in parliament

US military spent an average of $4.6 million per day on bombs and other munitions between July 15 and July 31

The flag itself will not be the same one taken down 54 years ago, a State Department source said

Once aired on HBO, episodes will be made available nine months later to the PBS public television network

In his last two years, however, the same Obama is emerging as a statesman

Meteors will be visible every night from late July through August 24, however, fewer will be visible after the peak

Two of the four allegations against the WikiLeaks founder have expired because of the statute of limitations

No laws have been passed in upper house in its three-week session

The 22-year-old was quickly apprehended after inadvertently identifying himself to the victim

Alirline says carrier will fly daily to Panama's capital in a passenger flight operated by a Boeing 777-200LR aircraft

The agreement between Iran and six world powers could reset Iran's relations with the West

Ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party has been gripped by in-fighting in run up to November polls

Turkey last month made a dramatic shift in policy, sending warplanes to attack the Islamic State in northern Syria

Binhai New Area, where blasts occurred on Wednesday, is a giant logistics hub more than twice size of Hong Kong

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Bengali newspaper had questioned if it was ethical for judges to speak with appellants' families outside of court

Iran, desperate for funds and investment to help its economy, crippled by decades of sanction

Villagers and Israeli NGO Rabbis for Human Rights say no one was inside tent, which was housing food for livestock