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August 4, 2019 7:49 PM

6.3-magnitude earthquake hits Japan, no tsunami threat

<span style="color: #222222;">In Japan, a 6.3-magnitude earthquake has hit off Fukushima. Tremors were also felt in the national capital Tokyo, around 250 KMs away. However, the authorities said, there was no tsunami threat.<br />'' <br ...

August 4, 2019 1:45 PM

25 dead, 55 rescued after boats capsize in Philippines

<span style="color: #222222;">In Philippines, rescuers retrieved more bodies from rough seas taking the death toll to 25 in the boats capsize incident yesterday. Three ferry boats capsized after being buffeted by fierce wind and waves off two central provinces. Six ar...

August 4, 2019 12:26 PM

Indigenous people demand implementation of Chittagong Hill Tract Accord

Indigenous people of Bangladesh have demanded quick implementation of the Chittagong Hill Tract (CHT) Accord signed in 1997. Addressing a press conference in Dhaka yesterday Parbatya Chattogram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) Chairman Santu Larma said that the core clauses of the CHT accord have not be...

August 4, 2019 12:01 PM

Five dead, several injured after powerful earthquake rocks Indonesia

<span style="color: #222222;">In Indonesia, five people died and several injured after a powerful undersea earthquake rocked country's heavily populated Java island, triggering a brief tsunami warning.<br />'' <br />'&ap...

August 4, 2019 9:34 AM

Russia protests: More than 600 people detained over unauthorised protest

<span style="color: #222222;">In Moscow, more than 600 people have been detained over an unauthorised protest amid reports of police violence. Protesters had gathered in the Russian capital today after authorities disqualified a number of opposition candidates from st...

August 4, 2019 8:58 AM

US, Taliban push for peace on Day 2 of fresh talks in Doha

<span style="color: #222222;">The US and the Taliban will seek to thrash out elements of a deal to bring a close to Afghanistan's 18-year conflict in the second day of renewed talks in Doha today. The US, which invaded Afghanistan and toppled the Taliban in 2001,...

August 4, 2019 8:41 AM

Syrian jihadist group refuses withdrawal from proposed Idlib buffer zone

<span style="color: #222222;">Syrian jihadist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham has refused to withdraw from proposed Idlib buffer zone after a truce went into effect in the area. The leader of the jihadi group, Abu Mohamed al-Jolani said what regime could not take militaril...

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