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Amid high drama, Nasheed, who was escorted by the police to the Court, suddenly stopped when faced by reporters.

Amid growing global concern, Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Benin are preparing a 8,700-strong force to fight the Islamists.

The agents conducted surveillance on Naseer and other terror suspects in Britain before their arrests in April 2009.

An Egyptian judge has ordered the release of two Al-Jazeera English journalists, demanding that the Canadian defendant pay a $33,000 bail, pending their retrial.

Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh said the operation was "the beginning of our retaliation over this horrific and brutal murder of our brave young pilot."

Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense said it had sent 165 people and eight boats to the riverside rescue scene, joining local fire department rescue crews.

Citing the legacy of ancient civilization, the Prime Minister said India and China have had "some bond of relationship" for thousands of years.

Greste's release came as Egypt is reeling from one of the bloodiest attacks in years.

More than 14,000 people fleeing Boko Haram violence in northeast Nigeria have streamed into Chad since the beginning of 2015, according to a United Nations report on Thursday.

More than 4,700 US flights were canceled on Tuesday with more than 80 per cent of scheduled flights at airports in New York, Philadelphia and Boston affected.

The budget blueprint to be unveiled in February will request US dollar 1.2 billion, twice the amount granted by Congress in 2015.