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Since the beginning of the year, 103,000 refugees and migrants have risked their lives often on flimsy boats to reach Europe, the UN refugee agency said.

A Flybe plane with a few dozen passengers travelling from Southampton to Dublin turned back after the pilot of flight BE384 decided to return to the airport following a "suspected technical issue".

Modi, who has long association with Ramakrishna Mission, participated in prayers at the Math along with monks who accorded a warm welcome to the Prime Minister.

A 4.6-magnitude tremor was recorded at 11.02 am with epicentre at Sindhupalchowk district, according to National Seismological Centre.

Rescuers searched a sunken cruise ship in the Yangtze River on Wednesday for more than 400 missing people, many of them elderly, but hopes of finding more survivors were fading in what could be China's worst shipping disaster in almost 70 years.

Mars could support life in the shape of methanogens, one of the simplest and oldest microorganisms found on Earth, a new study claims.

The collapse of Rana Plaza, built on swampy ground outside the capital, Dhaka, ranks amongst the world's worst industrial accidents, and sparked an outcry for greater safety in the world's second-largest exporter of ready-made garments.

The medical council's move has left many students in limbo and new admissions have also been cancelled.

Amid fresh tremors, schools reopened on Sunday, a working day in Nepal, and classes are being held in temporary classrooms made of tents and makeshift cottages.

A 11-year-old boy in the US state of Georgia who made a prank call to emergency responders has been caught by his parents.

Over 40 so-called Jihadi books, four computer hard disks, two portable disk drives and a passport was also seized from his house during the raid.

Vanya Shivashankar and Gokul Venkatachalam were declared co-champions; a feat achieved by Indian Americans for the second consecutive year.

Chris Patten, who holds the ceremonial post of chancellor, said the nominating panel was "deeply impressed by Professor Richardson's strong commitment to the educational and scholarly values which Oxford holds dear".

China has been taking an increasingly assertive posture over recent years in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, where Beijing has engaged in land reclamation in the Spratly archipelago.

The Bangladesh government banned Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) for its militant and anti-state activities with the home ministry publishing a circular in this regard.

Seismologist Mark Leonerd said it was slightly unusual to have two big quakes "right next to each other" but that seismic activity was common in the region.