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July 15, 2019 4:38 PM

Sri Lanka Muslim MPs agree to amend Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act

In Sri Lanka, a group of Muslim MPs have agreed to amend the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act (MMDA) including changing the minimum age of marriage to 18 years. MP Faizer Mustapha told our correspondent that they have requested Ministry of Muslim Religious Affairs to submit a draft in this regard whi...

July 15, 2019 1:19 PM

China's economic growth slows to 6.2 per cent in Q2

<span style="color: #222222;">China's economic growth slowed to a record low of 6.2 per cent in the second quarter of this year. <br />''<br />''This is the weakest growth rate in nearly three decades f...

July 15, 2019 11:13 AM

One killed, hundreds evacuated after 7.3 quake in Indonesia

<span style="color: #222222;">In Indonesia, one person has been found dead and hundreds were evacuated after a major 7.3-magnitude earthquake hit the remote Maluku islands yesterday. The US Geological Survey said, the shallow quake struck about 165 kilometres south-so...

July 15, 2019 7:57 AM

Congo confirms 1st Ebola case in city of Goma

The Health Ministry Congo has confirmed the country's first Ebola case in the city of Goma, home to more than 2 million people. <br />''<br />''The regional capital in eastern Congo borders neighbouring Rwanda, which has been preparin...

July 14, 2019 9:06 PM

Over 5 billion dollar penalty imposed on Pakistan in Reko Diq case

An international arbitration court has imposed a penalty of over five billion dollars on Pakistan for unlawful denial of a mining lease to a company for the Reko Diq project in 2011.<br />'' <br />''The Tethyan Copper Company (TCC) had filed claims for...

July 14, 2019 8:17 PM

US: Tropical storm Barry weakens after making landfall in Louisiana

<span style="color: #222222;">In the US, slow-moving tropical storm Barry weakened today after making landfall in the southern state Louisiana.<br />''<br />''After briefly becoming the first hurricane of the Atlantic se...

July 14, 2019 4:37 PM

Major 7.3-magnitude earthquake hits off eastern Indonesia

<span style="color: #222222;">A major 7.3-magnitude earthquake hit off the remote Maluku islands in eastern Indonesia today, but no tsunami warning was issued. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style=&a...

July 14, 2019 2:35 PM

Trump decides not to impose quotas on uranium imports

<span style="color: #222222;">US President Donald Trump said, he will not impose quotas on importing uranium, backing away from a possible trade confrontation and breaking with a Commerce Department assessment that America's use of foreign uranium raises national...

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