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Indian-Singaporean jailed for cheating 70-year-old Dutch woman
The Indian-Singaporean couple had spent some of the 'cheated' money on themselves, including a five-night stay in notoriously expensive Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai.
Vladimir Putin calls Donald Trump 'outstanding, talented'
"It's not up to us to judge his virtue, that is up to US voters, but he is the absolute leader of the presidential race," Putin added.
Judge orders WhatsApp blocked in Brazil for 2 days
The reason for the order was murky because it arose from criminal proceedings in Sao Paulo state that are being kept under judicial secret.
Man gets 8 years in jail for helping build a mobile X-ray device to kill Muslims
Fifty-seven-year-old Eric Feight pleaded guilty in 2014 to providing material support to terrorists.
Oxford, Cambridge colleges to be named and shamed in report
The Oxbridge colleges failed to accept half of their intake from state-funded schools in favour of more privileged privately educated students.
World leaders welcome historic climate pact
In a landmark deal, 195 Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change pledged to curb emissions, strengthen resilience and take common climate action.
UN Chief Ban Ki-moon terms Paris deal 'monumental triumph' for planet Earth
"In the face of an unprecedented challenge, you have demonstrated unprecedented leadership," the UN Secretary General said taking the COP21 stage just minutes after the adoption of the agreement.
New Jersey man admits conspiring to back Islamic State group
Nader Saadeh pleaded guilty on Thursday in US District Court to conspiring with others to provide material support to ISIS.
Death toll jumps to 50 in Kandahar airport siege: officials
"Fifty of our innocent countrymen, including 10 soldiers, two policemen and 38 civilians, were martyred in the attack," the defence ministry said.
Japan poised to win India's bullet train deal: report
Japan will offer more than 1 trillion yen ($8.11 billion) in loans to construct India's Rs 98,000 crore fast train, according to the report.
Lufthansa passenger threatens to open plane door
Lufthansa said the cabin crew and passengers on Flight 1406 managed to restrain him for the rest of the journey, adding that the plane doors can't be opened during a flight anyway.
Obama to address nation to lay out strategy to defeat ISIS
In a rare address from the Oval Office, Obama, besides focussing on the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria or ISIS, will also discuss the broader threat of terrorism.
California mass shooters may have been radicalised: Obama
This is for the first time that the US President has conceded that the deadliest shooting in recent years may have been a result of radicalisation, a fear long dreaded by US law enforcement agencies after the 2008 Mumbai terror attack in which a radicalis...
AirAsia plane crash caused by faulty component, crew action, says Indonesia
Flight QZ8501 went down in stormy weather on December 28, during what was supposed to be a short flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore.
Turkish President Erdogan dolls burned, buried as Russia fumes at Ankara
Activists in Moscow, belonging to a youth wing of the conservative Rodina party, put a life-size inflatable doll of Erdogan in a coffin and delivered it to the Turkish embassy.
Turkey releases recording of warnings to Russian plane
The recordings indicate that the plane was warned several times that it was approaching Turkey's airspace and asked to change course.