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US President Barack Obama said that the economic crisis in Greece is an issue of substantial concern, but is unlikely to have a major impact on the American system.

An Indonesian court, sentenced a New Zealand national to 15 years in prison for trafficking crystal methamphetamine; suspect's family claims innocence.

At least 7 killed in powerful explosion in Kabul

Nicknamed "Mohamed Baqia", Al-Huran was an important leader of the terrorist group and the military commander of Mosul's eastern front.

The real meaning of 'jihad' was not harming others, but to use "constructive emotion" to combat destructive emotions, the Dalai Lama said at Glastonbury music festival.

The study is the first to show that a point-of-care EVD test (ReEBOV Antigen Rapid Test; Corgenix) is faster and as sensitive as a conventional laboratory-based molecular method used for clinical testing during the recent outbreak in Sierra Leone.

Aung San Suu Kyi failed to overturn a Constitutional clause which gives military a veto on charter change and bars her from contesting elections.

Spanish police have arrested a Venezuelan veterinarian wanted by the US for allegedly trafficking heroin by implanting it in puppies.

Japan's Meteorological Agency said the earthquake hit Tuesday evening and measured a preliminary magnitude of 6.9. It said it was located very deep, about 480 kilometers (300 miles) below the ocean's surface.

At least 18 people have died of cholera in war-torn South Sudan, the health ministry said on Tuesday, as it declared an outbreak of the highly contagious infection.

Many shopkeepers in Xiasima town, the centre of Tibet, who import Indian handicrafts, spices and textiles, use sign boards highlighting 'Made in India goods available'.

Insurgents are pushing to take territory from the NATO-trained Afghan security forces more than 13 years after the US-led military intervention that toppled the Taliban from power.

Russian President Putin said that the BRICS bank will compliment the existing multilateral institutions and not challenge them. He said though WTO had come to a dead-end, the BRICS countries continued to have a good relationship with IMF and World Bank.

South Korean authorities have declared that casualties owing to the MERS virus have been contained and no new cases have been reported in the last 24 hours.

A son of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden asked the United States for a death certificate after US Navy SEALS killed him

The United Nations, gave its recognition, last year, to adopt June 21 as International Yoga Day.