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However, both Rajan Vivek from Arizona and Prasanna Krishnamoorthy from Delaware failed to win the prestigious competition which went to Ryan Beam of California.

Civilians are increasingly being caught in the crossfire in several internal conflicts across the world.

In her address to the 70th session of the General Assembly on Wednesday, the 68-year-old said her country recently settled the maritime and the land boundary agreement (LBA) and related issues with its neighbours like India.

A Lashkar e Taiba operative from Pakistan, has been killed next to a Taliban leader in Kunduz. LeT's presence in such an operation is of huge concern to India, as it reflects how close the Pak based anti India terror outfit now is to the dreaded Afghan Ta...

The storm hit the coastal city of Putian at around 8:50 am, packing winds of up to 33 meters per second, the Fujian Meteorological Service said.

Amid a chill in bilateral relations, waving at each other was all that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif did on Monday.

This attack comes exactly a month after a video emerged with 3 suspected ISIS men issued a 30 day deadline to the Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen asking for the release of jailed Islamist opposition Leader Sheikh Imran Abdullah.

He also said the US "provision of military support to illegal structures runs counter to the principles of modern international law and the United Nations charter."

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington on Friday, kicking off a state visit by dining with US President Barack Obama.

Sheikh Rashid is the son of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the vice-president and the prime minister of UAE, and the ruler of Dubai.

"The prime minister's speech before UNGA is being finalised," Foreign Office spokesman Syed Qazi Khalilullah said.

A junior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Swetha Prabakaran was among the eleven young women selected by the White House as "Champions of Change" who are empowering their communities.

Media reports said that the Obama administration is planning imposing sanctions against China for its alleged cyber espionage and cyber theft issues, which has been refuted by Beijing.

Twelve of the victims were from two families who were in two vehicles caught off guard on Monday afternoon by raging waters in the small town of Hildale.

Spokesman Josh Earnest on Thursday said Obama had asked staff to "scale up" the number of refugee admissions, which are likely to total around 1,800 in the fiscal year ending September 30.

Inderjit Singh Mukker was assaulted on Tuesday when the assailant pulled up to his car yelling racial slurs, including, "Terrorist, go back to your country, Bin Laden!"