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The Islamic State rakes in over $1 million per day in extortion and taxation and the dreaded terror group has enough assets to cover its expenses despite falling oil prices, according to a media report.

The UN has adopted a resolution, led and co-sponsored by India, calling the international community to urgently assist Nepal and help rebuild the country following the devastating earthquake that killed more than 8,200 people.

His sentence came after a six-week jury trial in 2015 when he convicted of all four counts in which he was charged.

During 10 weeks of testimony, jurors heard from about 150 witnesses, including people whose legs were torn off by the shrapnel-filled bombs.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday accused "foreign elements" of trying to sabotage the $46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project through PoK, an ambitious venture that has raised India's concerns.

Prime Minister David Cameron has easily won his Witney seat in southern England, and stopped just short for declaring overall election victory for his Conservatives.

China and India cooperated well on relief efforts after the earthquake in Nepal, a senior diplomat was quoted as saying on Thursday, dismissing the idea that China was trying to compete for influence with its work.

The new information comes from Europe's Sentinel-1A radar satellite. Scientists are racing to interpret the Sentinel data, which were made available last week just hours after the satellite passed over Nepal.

The death toll from the April 25 earthquake in the Himalayan nation has reached 7,557, the government said.

In a first, a gender-neutral new title "Mx" could soon join Mr, Mrs, Miss and Ms as an honorific for transgender people and anyone else who does not identify with a particular gender.

Uniformed humanitarian workers were seen scurrying around the premises of the Tribhuvan International Airport looking for their luggage while some passengers were seen waiting for long for their bags to arrive.