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Airbus claims hypersonic jet more than double the speed of Concorde

Number of Saudis and foreigners put to death this year is up 131 per cent from 87 during the whole of 2014

Tariq Fatemi expresses confidence that talks between Afghan govt and Taliban would resume soon

Turkey says it is training and equipping the moderate Syrian opposition together with the United States

Group of researchers demonstrate how to track users with nothing more than their remaining battery power

Anti-terrorism work must be implemented to ensure terrorist plots are foiled before they are carried out, says Ming

Myanmar government has appealed for international aid to bolster relief efforts

New research suggests London is the most googled city for its art galleries, performing arts and innovative design

More than 10,000 fire-fighters are tackling fires that have forced thousands to flee homes and ravaged tracts of land

Environment department says federal court has formally set aside approval of Carmichael Coal Mine and Rail Project

Total casualties between January and June increased one per cent compared with the same period last year

Service operators will now need to unblock most porn sites but will still disable those that promote child pornography

While Flipkart spends just to stay ahead, Amazon to invest $5b in India to turn it into its biggest market outside US

Rescuers said operations were being hampered by flooding in the area with officers working through the night

The Lahore-born artist has been in the country since 2001

Chagai district council lashes out at the level of corruption that plagues NADRA

NATO will have only eight aircraft assigned to the Baltic air policing mission from Septembers

Around 188,000 people had been rescued so far this year trying to cross the Mediterranean

A video on Aug 2 appears to show officials ill-treating several detainees, including Qaddafi's third-oldest son Saadi

Kyushu Electric Power Co's Sendai plant in Japan is expected to resume operations on August 10

Tells the first hearing he joined IS a day before June 26 suicide bombing that killed 26 people and wounded hundreds

There has been international outcry against trophy hunting since killing of Africa's most famous lion

It will be indebted nation's third bailout since 2010 to keep it from toppling out of euro zone

Feature displays trending stories on top for users currently in the US and Japan

In past, the accolade was handed to such freedom icons as Mahatma Gandhi and Aung San Suu Kyi

Darren Wilson has been laying low after the uproar triggered by his shooting of Michael Brown on August 9, 2014

Air France issues an apology, saying the error was due to a map scale and display problem

Killing comes after nationwide protests in July over lynching of another 13-year-old boy

Giraffes are very dangerous animals. They could hurt you seriously, very quickly, says Corgatelli

Al-Anad base is strategically located on main road north towards both city of Taez and capital Sanaa

Nearly 1.2 million people are now staying in around 1,600 relief camps opened in schools and government offices

UK's Tornado jets are carrying out air strikes, reconnaissance and surveillance over Iraq as part of US-led operations

Barnacles on a wing part could yield new clues to the fate of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370

Kerry says 12 countries negotiating Trans-Pacific Partnership made good progress on reaching an accord

Ban Ki-moon describes new agenda as to-do list for people and planet, warns that implementing it would be a challenge

The government has already sold 5.4 per cent of the bank at a price of 330p per share

Reserve Bank of India says benchmark repo rate would remain at 7.25 per cent

Behind Samsung's reality-check is the fact it is stuck with the same operating system used by its low-cost...

Spanish court declared the work of art "unexportable" because it was of "cultural interest"

Says new leader of the 'Islamic Emirate' should have been selected from among Taliban fighters in the bunkers

The 50-year-old structure had been declared unsafe by the government two years back

China is expanding tiny reefs in the flashpoint South China Sea into islands and topping some with military posts

Hamidullin, former Soviet tank commander converted to Islam and began fighting for the Taliban

US says it will take action to defend the New Syria Force that it has trained and equipped

Dmitry Peskov was photographed wearing the pricey timepiece at his wedding

The govt needs the support of the opposition in the upper house where it lacks a majority to pass its bills

Third escalator-related incident in China this past week resulting in a serious injury or fatality

HERE, a direct competitor to Google Maps, was bought by Nokia from US tech company Navteq for $8.1 billion in 2008

The latest execution brings to 110 the number of beheadings this year in the kingdom

National Anti-Terrorist Committee says rebels killed in republic of Ingushetia were involved in terrorist crimes