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Six official websites of Thai government were hacked today allegedly by an Islamic group from Tunisia which posted pictures of Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Myanmar on the webpages.

Mohamed Nasheed has been forcibly taken back to jail by police, a month after the former Maldivian president's 13-year prison term was commuted to house arrest, his party claimed today, describing the move as "arbitrary and illegal".

The toll in the deadly blasts in a warehouse in China's Tianjin city has risen to 121, including 67 firefighters and seven policemen, the authorities said on Saturday.

Officials said the attacker was arrested after the shooting when the Amsterdam-to-Paris train stopped at Arras station in northern France.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, a lawyer-turned politician, has been a vocal supporter of a political solution to Sri Lanka's ethnic question and even initiated talks for a peace deal with the LTTE in 2002.

Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka's Prime Minister on Friday for the fourth time following his party's victory in the parliamentary polls, as the country's two major political parties signed a power- sharing deal to form a national unity gove...

The centrist former governor of Georgia is credited with helping to stabilize the Middle East as a result of the 1978 Camp David accords between Israel and Egypt.

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif inaugurated construction work on a China-backed USD 10 billion nuclear power plant here on Thursday.

After investigating the "Marias Pass" region where it found a geological contact zone and rocks that are unexpectedly high in silica and hydrogen content, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has now moved to an entirely new location on the Red Planet.

The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) has approved third Greek bailout package, unlocking the first disbursement of 13 billion euros to Greece.

According to officials the bomb went off outside the Erawan Shrine in the downtown Chidlom district of the Thai capital.

US presidential hopeful Donald Trump had pursued Princess Diana after her divorce from Prince Charles as he saw her as the ultimate trophy wife, a friend of the late Princess of Wales has claimed.

The Prime Minister thanked UAE leadership for this landmark decision.

The Greek parliament on Friday backed draft terms for a third bailout in five years after talks that lasted through the night, the media reported. The proposed deal involves tax rises and spending cuts in return for a bailout of about 85 billion euros ($9...

carter had traveled to the South American country to observe national elections. At the time, the center said only that Carter had departed after "not feeling well."