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Mount Everest getting warmer, glaciers shrinking: Report
Natural disasters are on the rise on the Tibetan plateau as the region due to global warming and increased human activity.
Police probe 'terrorist' London Tube stabbings
The stabbing incident came after British parliament voted to extend air strikes on the Islamic State jihadist group from Iraq into Syria.
World leaders in Paris open biggest-ever climate summit
The leaders kicked off 12 days of negotiations in search of a pact that would radically restructure the global economy away from its dependency on fossil fuels that are blamed for climate change.
Turkey will hand over body of dead Russian pilot to Moscow, says PM Ahmet Davutoglu
Davutoglu added that a Russian official would travel "soon" to the southern Hatay region with a Turkish military official to take possession of the body.
Russia slaps economic sanctions on Turkey over jet downing
Turkey claims the Su-24 warplane strayed into its airspace and ignored repeated warnings to change course, but Russia has insists it did not cross the border from Syria.
Sleep for eight hours for better memory!
Researchers at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston conducted the study on 14 participants, who were shown 20 photos of faces with corresponding names from a database of over 600 color photographs of adult faces and asked to memorise them.
Thailand indicts 2 for deadly Bangkok bombing
The August 17 blast at the Erawan Shrine — a popular tourist destination — was one of the most deadly acts of violence in Bangkok in decades, and left 20 people dead and more than 120 injured. Of the dead, 14 were tourists.
Blast at Japan's controversial Yasukuni shrine, no injuries
Yasukuni has been the target of criticism from Japan's neighbors, including China and South Korea, which suffered World War II atrocities and aggression.
Bangladesh hangs opposition leaders for war crimes
Justice Minister Anisul Huq said Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid and Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury had been hanged at Dhaka's Central Jail in a move that was celebrated by supporters of the ruling Awami League.
Barack Obama calls on youth to reject extremism behind Paris attack
At a town hall meeting at an American-style university, Obama called on the next generation to avoid a mindset in which people divide themselves along ethnic, racial or tribal lines, calling it a precursor to discrimination.
Malaysian Tamils set to welcome PM Modi at 'home away from home'
With Chettinad food, Sarvana Bhawan, sarees from Chennai and Tamil movies, Malaysia is truly a home away from home for any Tamilian.
Largest diamond in over century found in Botswana
The gem, only second in size to the Cullinan diamond which was unearthered in South Africa in 1905, was mined by Lucara Diamond Corp.
Police checking if attacks commander was in raided apartment
Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said telephone surveillance and witness statements had led police to believe that Belgian jihadist Abdelhamid Abaaoud was in an apartment in Saint-Denis in northern Paris.