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Emergency crews were able to reach the aircraft that crashed against a granite rock face and confirm the deceased, but weather in the fjords prevented recovery efforts, Megan Peters from Alaska's Department of Public Safety said.

Surprisingly strong rains in an El Nino year, typically marked by droughts in parts of Asia, have eased concerns of a lower crop output in the region.

The temperatures, which hovered around 45 degrees Celsius for the most of the past week, plunged to around 35 degrees Celsius as sea breezes and cloud cover brought some respite to the port city in the last two days.

Shiv Sena accused China of adopting "double standards" in dealing with terrorism after it blocked India's move in the UN demanding action against Pakistan over release of the 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind and LeT commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi.

Pakistani experts put the onus of the strained relations between the two countries on India claiming that India's aggressiveness is unlikely to help in improving the ties.

UN report on the 2014 Gaza conflict has held both parties guilty of violating human rights. 2100 Palestinians and 67 Israelis were killed.

"When she arrived, she had massive, really severe, swelling of both calves to the extent we were unable to take her jeans off without cutting them," according to Thomas Kimber, a consultant neurologist.

US and China held a security dialogue on the eve of high level talks with the aim of enhancing strategic trust between the two countries.

Campaigners protesting China's annual dog meat festival, which sees thousands of canines butchered and eaten, were forcibly dispersed by unidentified men on Monday as they attempted to rally outside a government office.

A Jakarta Court rejected the clemency plea of a French national convicted of drug trafficking. Indonesia had created a controversy by sentencing foreign nationals to death.

Obama plans to be in Palm Springs on Saturday and Sunday, where he typically favors two private courses — the Sunnylands estate and Porcupine Creek, owned by software billionaire Larry Ellison.

Does Modi do yoga?" Russian President Vladimir Putin asked when he was told that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had started a Ministry of Yoga.

Vietnam's marine police said on Saturday that they were questioning eight foreigners suspected of being the escaped pirates who commandeered a Malaysian-flagged tanker in the South China Sea for a week.

6 world powers are likely to sign a nuclear treaty with Iran which is likely to have major ramifications for global geopolitics. Although there is no consensus but the deal is politically important for both the US and Iran and hence, is likely to be signe...

Clinton had campaigned in Charleston earlier on Thursday, and said she learned of the attack after she landed in Las Vegas. As did President Barack Obama earlier in the day, Clinton said this latest incident involving the killing of several people require...

Sweden's anti-corruption authorities said that they had launched an inquiry into the Swedish Maritime Administration's purchase of helicopters from AgustaWestland.