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43-year-old Indian-origin Seema Malhotra became MP for the London seat of Feltham and Heston in 2011 in a by-election following the death of Alan Keen (Conservative).

Officers on Friday secured the area before calling the army bomb squad - as well as the fire service and ambulance as a precaution.

A European source told AFP that European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker would next week unveil a plan for the relocation of at least 120,000 more refugees.

Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai on Friday said he hoped that experts could provide more information on the debris of the Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.

The Israeli parliament has passed a law banning journalists working for the country's public broadcast authority from expressing their opinions on air.

Sri Lanka Central Bank has received 1.1 billion dollars from the Reserve Bank of India under the currency swap agreement between the two reserve banks.

In May 2000, the then Pervez Musharraf regime in Pakistan told the US that it would not push for UN Security Council resolution on Kashmir, acknowledging that it would not be helpful in resolving the decade-old Kashmir issue with India, according to a US...

The court filing did not disclose any details on how the case was settled, and representatives for Uber and the woman declined to comment.

A new NASA joint project will provide timely weather, climate and other Earth related data to five countries in Southeast Asia, enabling them to better address issues of natural resource and disaster management.

A free mobile app showing simple yoga exercises has been launched by the Indian Embassy here and will be available for enthusiasts in Hindi, English and Thai languages.

The three journalists were originally sentenced to up to 10 years in prison. But their convictions were overturned in January this year and were freed in February to await retrial.

The Pakistani Supreme Court has said that a renowned architect be appointed to rebuild a Hindu temple in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Karak district.

The US and Turkey have reached an agreement which will see Turkish jets join the air strike against Islamic State (IS)

Teenage Pakistani female education rights activist Malala Yousafzai, who survived a Taliban assassination bid in 2012 and became the youngest recipient of a Nobel peace prize, has secured high marks in UK's national school exams.

The world broke new heat records in July, marking the hottest month in history and the warmest first seven months of the year since modern record-keeping began in 1880, US authorities said Thursday.

Thai government officials and police chiefs attended a religious ceremony on Friday for the victims of the country's worst ever bombing but appeared no closer to determining who carried out the attack and why.