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September 20, 2017 7:50 AM

Major earthquake hits Mexico, dozens killed

A strong earthquake has struck central Mexico, killing at least 130 people and toppling dozens of buildings in the capital, Mexico City. <br/><br/>Officials say, the capital's airport has suspended operations after the 7.1 magnitude quake, and buildings across the city have been eva...

September 20, 2017 7:03 AM

Saudi Arabia to unblock internet calling apps

Saudi Arabia will lift its ban on internet calling applications today, easing restrictions online as the conservative kingdom faces new criticism over censorship. <br/><br/>Authorities said Voice and video calling apps such as WhatsApp and Skype will be widely available to users. <br/...

September 20, 2017 6:48 AM

Trump's North Korea rhetoric shows resolve: South Korea

South Korea says the latest hot rhetoric aimed at North Korea by President Donald Trump underlines US resolve to deal strictly with Pyongyang. <br/><br/>A South Korean presidential official told Yonhap news agency that Trump's comments are mostly a repetition of a basic stance that ...

September 20, 2017 6:47 AM

Major earthquake hits Mexico, dozens killed

A strong earthquake has struck central Mexico, killing at least 65 people and toppling dozens of buildings in the capital, Mexico City. <br/><br/>Officials say, the capital's airport has suspended operations after the 7.1 magnitude quake, and buildings across the city have been evac...

September 20, 2017 6:46 AM

Hurricane Maria regains strength after battering Dominica

The latest major Atlantic hurricane of the season, Maria, has powered back to category five strength after pounding the Caribbean island of Dominica. <br/><br/>It weakened to a four after wreaking widespread damage on the island but is now packing maximum sustained winds of 265 km per ho...

September 20, 2017 6:45 AM

Support for Palestine reference point of foreign policy: Sushma Swaraj

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has said India's support for the Palestinian cause has been a reference point of its foreign policy. <br/><br/>In her intervention in the Non- Aligned Movement-NAM Ministerial meeting on Palestine in New York, Mrs Swaraj yesterday said, India&...

September 20, 2017 6:44 AM

US urges Myanmar to address rights abuse allegations

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has urged Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi to facilitate humanitarian aid for people affected by the violence in Rakhine State and to address deeply troubling human rights abuse allegations. <br/><br/>The State Department said, in a call with Suu Kyi, T...

September 19, 2017 8:58 PM

Myanmar's Suu Kyi condemns human rights violations in Rakhine

Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has condemned all human rights violations in the country saying that the government is committed to a sustainable solution to the Rohingya crisis.<br/><br/>In her first address to the nation on the violence in the Rakhine state, the State C...

September 19, 2017 8:33 PM

UN investigators seek 'full, unfettered' access to Myanmar

UN human rights investigators today said they needed full and unfettered access to Myanmar to investigate a grave and ongoing crisis. The head of UN-backed fact-finding mission, Marzuki Darusman, told the Human Rights Council that it is important for them to see with their own eyes the sites of thos...

September 19, 2017 8:33 PM

WHO grants $ 175,000 for Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar of Bangladesh

World Health Organisation has released its first tranche of emergency funding of 1,75,000 dollars to the vulnerable population in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar that has witnessed an influx of thousands of Rohingyas from Myanmar. The aid is meant to provide essential medicines and life-saving he...

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