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Alps crash pilot told ex-girlfriend 'everyone will know my name': Report
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said that all the signs were "pointing towards an act that we can't describe: criminal, crazy, suicidal".
Sri Lanka's Sirisena meets China's Xi amid new look at ties
"China has always placed Sri Lanka in an important diplomatic position in region," Xi said before reporters were ushered from the room.
UN moves should not give legitimacy to non-state actors: India
Bishnoi said the real solution lies in achieving durable peace and the UNSC's actions should focus on achieving this.
Search teams probe wreckage of German Airbus in French Alps
It was the first disaster involving a large passenger jet in France since a Concorde crashed outside Paris nearly 15 years ago.
Barack Obama says it is now 'hard to find a path' on Israeli-Palestinian peace
"I did indicate to him that we continue to believe that a two-state solution is the only way for the long-term security of Israel, if it wants to stay both a Jewish state and democratic," the US President said.
Activist Rajendra Singh wins Stockholm Water Prize 2015
Singh, who is widely popular as the 'Water Man', was named the 2015 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate for improving water security in rural India.
Couldn't see anything except blood, says witness of Tunisia attack which left 19 dead
Gunmen wearing military uniforms stormed Tunisia's national museum on Wednesday, killing 17 foreign tourists and two Tunisians in one of the worst militant attacks in a country that had largely escaped the region's "Arab Spring" turmoil.
India gives 250,000 USD to cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu
"The government is deeply saddened by the tragedy caused by the category 5 Tropical Cyclone Pam, which struck Vanuatu from March 13, 2015, leading to loss of lives and widespread destruction of property."
Uber pledges to enlist 1 million female drivers by 2020
Uber is partnering with the UN on its million-women driver goal.
Nigeria's Boko Haram pledges allegiance to Islamic State
Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has declared himself the caliph.
India's decision to ban Nirbhaya documentary has backfired: US group
PEN American Center said the Indian government's censorship of the documentary is a "worrying attempt" to restrict free expression.
US cannot counter China in Asia without India's support: Ex-NSA
"India is the only country in the Asian region capable of standing against China," Former National Security Adviser MK Narayanan said.
Islamic State militants bulldoze ancient Nimrud city
The assault against Nimrud came just a week after the release of a video showing Islamic State forces smashing museum statues and carvings in Mosul.
Earthquake measuring 6.4 magnitude strikes off Indonesia: USGS
The quake was 23 miles deep and centred 114 miles (183 km) west of the town of Padang.
Pakistan: Court bars government from booking Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi in any other case
Islamabad High Court (IHC) judge Noorul Haq Qureshi took up the plea of 55-year-old Lakhvi against his detention under a public security act.
Bombs in Iraq, including twin blasts in busy street, kill 40
The deadliest of the day's attacks came shortly before sunset, when a bomb exploded in Baghdad's southeastern suburb of Jisr Diyala.