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The Indonesian air force has now lost four C-130s, reducing its transport reach in an archipelago that stretches more than 5,000 km from its western to eastern tips.

Greece owes the IMF about 1.6 billion euros ($1.9 billion) by the end of Tuesday but has run out of money and after five months of talks with creditors, has no prospect of getting new rescue loans.

The Islamic State (IS) group has beheaded two women in Syria on accusations of "sorcery," the first such execution of women in Syria.

After a decade of international diplomacy, negotiators are working past deadline, to reach an agreement which curbs Iran's nuclear activities, lifts crippling sanctions.

With Greece hours away from defaulting on a 1.6 billion euro loan from the International Monetary Fund, the crisis has escalated quickly.

"A 'No' would mean, regardless of the question posed, that Greece had said no to Europe," Juncker said.

A spokesman for the 207 Zafar military corps, Najibullah Najibi, said the fighting lasted five hours, with 11 soldiers and six Taliban killed.

Officials in Chad have arrested 60 people in relation to an attack earlier this month that killed dozens of people and wounded more than 100 others.

WTO has reported that the world trade grew by a modest 0.7% in the first quarter of 2015. WTO forecasts global trade to expand by 3.3% in 2015.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj announced $1 billion aid for the reconstruction effort in the aftermath of the Nepal earthquake.

An abandoned Shar-Pei puppy in the UK has had a facelift to save his sight after his natural skin folds over-developed - almost completely covering his eyes and ears.

Britain urged Iran to show more flexibility in talks on its contested nuclear programme as an end-June deadline looms after years of tortuous negotiations with the West.

At least 15 Saudi-led air strikes rocked Aden as peace talks failed. In the sectarian violence, 2,600 people have been killed and 20 million need humanitarian aid, as per UN.

The Minister also rejected the contention that the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015 provides amnesty or immunity to persons holding undisclosed income overseas.

The platform was at the forefront during the recent visit of President Pranab Mukherjee to the country, the first-ever visit by an Indian President to Sweden.

Amid a war of words between India and Pakistan, UN Secretary General Ban ki-moon hopes that the leaders of the two countries will continue to engage with each other and try to resolve their differences "peacefully and amicably".