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‘Bomb downed Russia plane in Egypt’
The sound heard in the cockpit recording of an ill-fated Russian passenger plane was reportedly caused by a bomb explosion.

The sound heard in the cockpit recording of an ill-fated Russian passenger plane was reportedly caused by a bomb explosion.

Residents of Indian-administered Kashmir stages a strike to protest the killing of a man in the disputed Himalayan region.

Six people are killed and 26 injured in three bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

General Nicholas Houghton, the chief of Britain’s defence staff, says the country is "letting down" allies by not participating in air strikes against ISIL in Syria.

Egypt looks to Iran’s ramp-up of oil production which could boost the Arab nation’s proceeds from transit of crude through the SUMED pipeline, its petroleum minister has said.

Iran has embarked on a massive mining exploration drive in its resource-rich Kerman province amid a tidal wave of interest created by a nuclear accord in investment by foreign companies.

Unknown gunmen shoot to death at least seven people in Burundi's capital, Bujumbura.

Israeli forces shoot and kill two more Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

At least three people die in a US drone strike in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar Province.

Texas State District Judge Julie Kocurek has been shot in the driveway of her West Austin home.

Iran’s new Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari officially takes office.

Hundreds of migrant workers stage a protest against their inadequate wages in the United Arab Emirates.

People rally in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince to slam alleged vote rigging.

Israelis take to the streets to protest against a planned gas deal with US energy giant, Noble Energy.

A senior Iranian official says Tehran will give an explicit response to a potential violation of the JCPOA.

Turkmenistan’s leader has ordered construction of a $10 billion pipeline to Pakistan and India through Afghanistan to begin despite questions about the project, the Turkmen government says.

The US military activates the airspace in the eastern Pacific, making LA flights take a detour.

The United States cannot pay off huge national debts of $65 trillion, unless it stops its endless wars, says an American economist.