The world this week
Relatives of a passenger aboard the crashed Russian airliner with 217 passengers and seven crew aboard mourn, as people gather at Pulkovo airport in St.Petersburg, Russia on Saturday. Several Egyptian military and security officials said there were- Nepal's parliament elected a Communist leader who long campaigned for women's rights as the Himalayan nation's first female president. Bidhya Devi Bhandari of Nepal Unified Marxist-Leninist was elected as Nepal's new president in Kathmandu (Photo:
- Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, who was sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in prison for insulting Islam, was awarded the European Parliament's prestigious Sakharov human rights prize on Thursday (Photo: Twitter)
- Romania was plunged into mourning on Saturday after 27 people were killed and nearly 200 injured when a fire ripped through an underground nightclub in Bucharest (Photo: AP).
- Underworld don Chhota Rajan, one of India's most wanted criminals who had been on the run for nearly two decades, was arrested in Bali by the Indonesian police which acted on a Red Corner Notice issued by Interpol (Photo: AP).
- Britain's Prince Harry was hosted at the Oval Office Wednesday, after cheering a basketball game with the first lady and meeting US President Barack Obama, on a lightning visit to the United States to promote the 2016 Invictus Games (AFP).
- China announced the end of its hugely controversial one-child policy on Thursday, saying that all couples would now be allowed two children (Photo: AFP).
- Nearly 280 people were killed on Monday when a powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake centred in the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan ripped across South Asia, toppling buildings, triggering stampedes and knocking out communication lines (Photo: AP).
- Kate Middleton and Prince William impressed everyone with their stunning garbs during the world premiere of ' Spectre' in London. (Photo:AP)
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Relatives of a passenger aboard the crashed Russian airliner with 217 passengers and seven crew aboard mourn, as people gather at Pulkovo airport in St.Petersburg, Russia on Saturday. Several Egyptian military and security officials said there were
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