The no-confidence motions were widely viewed as symbolic, given that Macron's centrist La Republique En Marche (The Republic On the Move) has an absolute majority in the assembly.

Modi on Monday telephoned Khan to congratulate him on his party's victory in the general elections and hoped that "Pakistan and India will work to open a new chapter in bilateral ties".

The findings are the latest to show ongoing activity inside North Korea's nuclear and missile facilities at a time when the country's leaders are engaged in arms talks with the US.

A Malaysian tourist who was on a hiking trip to Mount Rinjani was among those killed. Another young Indonesian hiker was also killed by falling rocks.

TESS is NASA's latest satellite to search for planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets.

Lombok: At least 10 people have died and dozens more were injured after a shallow 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck the popular Indonesian holiday island of Lombok on Sunday, officials said. "The earthquake killed at least 10 people, some 40 people are injured and dozens of houses were damaged," said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman for Indonesia's

It said that Russia stands against such adventures and give priority to the exploration of outer space for exclusively peaceful purposes.

India-South Africa trade stood at a little over $4.1 billion till the end of August last year.

The September meet will be the first "two-plus-two" dialogue between India and the United States.

The Modi-Putin meeting got over at midnight local time, he said. During their meeting in Sochi in May, India and Russia elevated their strategic partnership to a "special privileged strategic partnership".

"If they take one step towards us, we will take two, but at least need a start," 65-year-old Khan said in his first public address after leading his party to victory in the general elections held yesterday

The area where the incident took place is on the outskirts of Beijing and home to several embassies, including those of the United States, India and Israel.

Preliminary results indicate Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) has obtained a clear edge over other parties with 119 in their kitty as unofficial results continue to pour in.

The PML-N chief Shahbaz Sharif -- brother of jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif -- alleged "massive rigging" in the election that "will cause irreparable damage to the country".

BRICS gathers the world's major emerging economies -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

Narendra Modi arrived here on Tuesday from Rwanda on the second leg of his five-day, three-nation tour of Africa that will also take him to South Africa.

The area was crowded as people were making their way to vote at Tameer-e-Nau Model School. Polling has come to a halt at the polling station after the blast.

Communist Laos is criss-crossed by a vast network of rivers and scores of dams are being built or planned in the impoverished and landlocked country, which exports most of its hydropower energy to neighbouring countries.

There are 105.96 million registered voters in the country. The voting started at 8 AM local time on more than 85,000 polling stations.