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"Not only bloggers, they have sent threats to leading intellectuals of our country and also politicians, including me but we can't be cowed down by such threats," Khan said.

In what could be a revolutionary step in policing, British police may be able to predict crime before it takes place using a software that can suggest when serious criminals will strike again.

UK's food safety agency on Friday said it has decided to test a few samples of Maggi noodles, after a number of reports said the popular instant snack sold in India was found to have lead content above permissible limit.

Bangladesh is all set to roll out a red carpet welcome to Prime Minister Narendra Modi who will arrive in Dhaka on Saturday on his maiden visit to the country, amid expectations on both sides to take bilateral ties to a new level and unleash the potential...

South Korea on Wednesday successfully test-fired a domestically built ballistic missile that can hit all of North Korea, an official said, amid continuing animosity between the rivals over the North's push to bolster its nuclear and missile capabilities.

Scores of divers cautiously searched a capsized ship in the Yangtze River on Wednesday for more than 400 missing people, many of them elderly, as the death toll in what could be China's worst shipping disaster in almost 70 years jumped to 18.

Rescuers pulled six survivors to safety after hearing cries for help Tuesday from inside a capsized cruise ship that went down overnight in a storm on China's Yangtze River with 458 people aboard, most of them elderly, state broadcaster CCTV said.

US Defence Secretary Ash Carter, in Washington's latest challenge of Chinese land reclamation in the South China Sea, said the scale of Beijing's activities, not the United States, was altering the status quo in the region.

A 15-year-old Austrian schoolboy with alleged ties to Islamist extremists and accused of intending to bomb a Vienna train station went on trial on Tuesday facing up to five years in prison.

Modi also released the book - "The Great Himalayan Climb" on this occasion.

There was no immediate word of any casualties.

At a preliminary hearing set to begin Tuesday, prosecutors are expected to reveal for the first time the evidence that led them to file murder charges against Charles "Chase" Merritt, the sole suspect in the case.

Climate change has been given another shot in the arm, both sides seeking to build on past cooperation.

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has disbanded the military unit attached to his security, weeks after a soldier carried a pistol to a function attended by him, the worst presidential security breach in 16 years.

Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives are set to govern Britain for another five years after an unexpectedly strong showing, but may have to grapple with renewed calls for Scottish independence after nationalists surged.

Twenty-one Thai personnel, including four from the medical team, have also left, two days after Nepal asked rescue teams from India and 33 other countries to leave.