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Report warns hackers could paralyse an online voting system or, even worse, change the results without being detected

Chinese leadership will be expected to show the same farsightedness and sagacity as was shown by Deng Xiaoping

Hell, Betzig, Moerner pioneered nanoscale microsopy

Men hanged despite UN and human rights groups criticising the trial and calling Ghani to stay the executions

Nine police were killed in the suicide car bombing alone, an official at Al-Thawra hospital told AFP.

The clashes with police caused extensive damage in the city with shop fronts burned-out and buses set on fire

Australian Transport Safety Bureau, leading the hunt for the jet, said ongoing analysis had helped refine the zone

"They had assembled for morning duty when he opened fire," CISF spokesperson Hemendra Singh told AFP

The shallow 6.0 magnitude tremor hit late Tuesday in Yunnan province

The laureate receives a prize of 20,000 Swiss francs (16,600 euros, $20,700)

LED lights can be connected to cheap, local solar power -- a benefit for over 1.5 billion people around the world

Several men of the Christian village have also been taken

Prisoners released for the sake of "peace and stability" and "the rule of law"

The Turkish parliament last week authorised the government to take military action against the IS extremists

Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan mainly based in Pakistan's tribal belt, had earlier claimed Karachi airport attack

One of the IAEA's questions centres on Iran's purported experiments with large scale high explosives

The search for MH370 has been frustrated by a lack of solid information about the jet's final hours

Site was rocked by a series of clashes between students, police last week

Pakistan strongly condemns unprovoked firing by Indian security forces

A mutually agreed compromise — what allowed Hong Kong’s existence in the first place — ought to serve both parties

IS fighters seize part of a strategic hill overlooking Kobane but their progress was slowed by new strikes

The increasingly popular phenomenon has sparked controversy among more conservative Muslims

ISPR says Pakistani troops appropriately responded to firing from across the border

Loefven - who won last month's general election - says his country want a two-state solution to the conflict

A consignment – comprising 12 truckloads of relief items – was returned from the Line of Control

The healthy baby boy was born last month at the University of Gothenburg’s hospital

Deal will not hamper competition, says official

Trip to include visit to Germany, Russia for energy and rail deals

Central Asian states allow Moscow to utilise CASA project transmission lines

What will happen to Eurozone if Germany decided to pull out of this artificial association of countries

Modi has the easy way of someone who doesn’t feel obliged to always speak formally. It makes him a great...

Despite years of this building narrative on Pakistan, have we really attempted to address it? Answer is in negative

"We will celebrate the feast, no matter what," a Palestinian said

Radar station will become fully operational in 2016, says commander Alexander Golovko

'We will absolutely not hesitate to respond if something happens there,' says President Erdogan

President Bashar al Assad leads Eidul Azha prayers at the Nuaman bin Bashir mosque in Damascus

The bodies of 47 other victims have already been retrieved from the mountain

Basketball is the only sport at the Games which enforces such a rule

Firing, shelling continued for a few hours in villages of Aaknoor, Dhamala and Talsipur

Experts say clauses which refer to ‘external aggression’ will put pressure on Pakistan

Around 20 victims were women, five to six were children, says Patna district magistrate Kumar Verma

A masked ISIL militant also threatens to execute a second hostage he identifies as American Peter Kassig

Experts say clauses in the pact which discuss external aggression will put pressure on Afghanistan’s eastern neighbour

Pakistani religious leaders have played a vital role in the release of Tayyeb Agha's brothers

In September a Sri Lankan court gave permission to authorities to send back scores of Pakistani asylum seekers

For the Palestinians, Sweden's move will be a welcome boost for its ambitions

We all share a common goal, which is a more secure, stable and prosperous Afghanistan, says Cameron

This year saw a record 278 peace prize nominations and, while the list is secret, some names have been revealed

700 students and 500 professionals to go to US on exchange programmes this year

PM says cabinet authorised Australian air strikes in Iraq at the request of the Iraqi government