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The official report, after a 15-month long investigation, seeks to end speculation about why the Boeing 777 broke up in mid-air killing all 298 people on board. (AFP Videographic)

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Delhi has been reeling from the worst outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease in five years. Videographic: AFP

The world is ageing quickly, due to improving health care and low birth rates. Developed and developing countries alike are being urged to take action to support the elderly without imposing a stifling burden on the young. Videographic: AFP

Global efforts to help Syrians both inside and outside their war-torn country have proved "utterly inadequate", international aid group Oxfam has said in a report. Videographic: AFP

Over half a million migrants and refugees have landed on Europe's shores so far this year, according to the UN refugee agency. Some 2,980 people have perished or disappeared trying to make the crossing. Videographic: AFP

If you wonder what's so special about drinking tea my answer is that there are a lot. In China's Ningbo city, while the China Daily staff, who organised a media trip for us, told us we will have some tea I also had the same feeling. What could be so special about some tea? We entered Yongyou Teahouse and then I realised, there could be something special. Videographer: Anu Warrier/ Khaleej Times

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The break will come after the band, reduced to four members following the departure of Zayn Malik earlier this year, release their fifth album in March.

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Afghan women from the Fatema Bint Mohammed bin Zayed Initiative (FBMI) demonstrate the process of making a handmade carpet in Dubai Mall. Video by Juidin Bernarrd/Khaleej Times

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Flydubai will get the delivery of five Boeing 737 MAX in 2017 and the new aircraft will help the airline further expand the network within the radius of a three billion population around Dubai, its chief operating officer Capt Kenneth Gile told Khaleej Times in an interview. Read more: http://ktimes.co/3up08

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