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Champagne cork forces plane to make emergency landing
The flight, which took off at 4:20 PM on August 7, was diverted via Milan so the masks could be reset.
US to provide attack helicopters to Pakistan: Report
The US has decided to provide Ah-1Z Viper attack helicopters to Pakistan to sharpen up its counter-terrorism efforts, a media report said on Saturday.
Pilot dies in stunt crash ahead of New York air show
The crash comes a week after up to 11 people were killed when a vintage military plane crashed onto a busy road in Britain near the Shoreham air show on the south coast of England.
Scotland Yard to recruit ex-terrorists to counter Islamic State threat
The Metropolitan Police wants to develop new "counter-narratives" to challenge Islamist ideology by using extremists who have returned after travelling to join conflicts abroad and are believed to have shunned that extremist ideology
Four Lashkar-e-Jhangvi terrorists gunned down in Pakistan shootout
The four killed late last night included a top commander of the LEJ, which has been involved in sectarian killings of Shia Muslims and attacks on government
Student with gun took school hostages in custody: Police
A 14-year-old boy held 29 students and a teacher at gunpoint in a West Virginia high school classroom before he released them after negotiations and surrendered, authorities said.
Former Maldives President Nasheed sent back to jail
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".
Fire at Venezuela nursing home kills eight
A major fire ripped through a private nursing home in Venezuela's capital Caracas killing eight elderly people, authorities said, calling it "a miracle" there were not more victims.
'Thai temple blast attempt to discredit government, deter tourists'
Thailand on Friday said the aim of the attack in the Brahma temple here was to discredit the government and create a climate of fear to deter tourists, even as it insisted that "a lot of progress" has been made in the case despite the lack of arrests.
3 injured in gas line explosion in Manhattan school
A gas line explosion during construction work at a high school in the US has injured three persons and severely damaged the school building, authorities said.
Foreign terrorist groups' role unlikely in temple blast: Thai junta spokesman
Thailand junta spokesman on Thursday said the attack at a popular temple here that killed 20 people was "unlikely" to have links with international terrorist groups, as it sought help from global intelligence agencies to arrest the three suspects believed...
Planet three times as large as Jupiter discovered
Chilean astronomer Maritza Soto has discovered a planet three times as large as Jupiter orbiting a red giant star larger than the Sun and located some 290 million light years from Earth.
United Nations Chief congratulates new government in Sri Lanka
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on the new government in Sri Lanka on Wednesday under United National Front (UNF) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe to make further progress on good governance, accountability and reconciliation.
Crashed Indonesian plane found 'destroyed' with 38 bodies
Thirty-eight bodies have been found at the site in remote eastern Indonesia where a plane crashed at the weekend, the transport ministry said.
Sri Lankan Parliamentary polls witness heavy turnout, end on peaceful note
The polls are viewed as a political-comeback attempt by former president Mahinda Rajapaksa who is contesting as the PM nominee of the opposition United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA)
Death toll in Pakistan's Attock suicide attack rises to 20
The death toll in a brazen suicide attack that killed Pakistan's Punjab province Home Minister at his ancestral home in Attock district rose to 20 on Monday.
