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September 9, 2017 8:01 PM

Rohingya Muslims face systematic violence in Myanmar: Malaysian PM

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak today said Rohingya Muslims face systematic violence including torture, rape and murder in Myanmar. In the past 15 days, nearly 300,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh after raids by Rohingya militants triggered a Myanamr security forces cra...

September 9, 2017 7:51 PM

Six killed in road accident in Nepal

In Nepal, at least six persons have been killed and 28 others injured in a road accident in Nuwakot district this afternoon. According to police three persons died on the spot and three others succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment in the hospital.<br/><br/>The accident occurre...

September 9, 2017 6:57 PM

Hurricane Irma barreles towards Florida

After laying waste to several Caribbean islands, Hurricane Irma was barreling today towards Florida, where some 5.6 million people faced orders to evacuate as the monster storm made landfall in Cuba. <br/><br/>Irma - which has killed at least 20 people and devastated thousands of homes i...

September 9, 2017 6:51 PM

Boko Haram kills seven in attack on displaced camp

In Nigeria, at least seven people were killed when Boko Haram jihadists attacked a camp for people displaced by the conflict in northeast Ngala. A civilian militia member, Umar Kachalla, said jihadists in two pick-up trucks fired a rocket-propelled grenade at the camp, which houses some 80,000 peopl...

September 9, 2017 4:34 PM

CBSE sets up probe panel into death of student in Ryan International School

Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE has set up two-member fact finding committee to enquire into the death of a student in Gurgaon's Ryan International School. It has asked the committee to submit the report at the earliest. CBSE has also asked the school to send a report along with FIR ...

September 9, 2017 4:18 PM

US Requests UN vote on North Korea sanctions

The United States told the UN Security Council that it intends to call a meeting on Monday to vote on a draft resolution establishing additional sanctions on North Korea for its missile and nuclear programme.<br/><br/>The United States wants the Security Council to impose an oil embargo ...

September 9, 2017 4:18 PM

US President speaks with leaders of Saudi Arabia, UAE & Qatar

US President Donald Trump spoke separately yesterday with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, United Arab Emirates Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani.<br/><br/>The White House said in a statement that T...

September 9, 2017 4:18 PM

270,000 Rohingya Muslims seek refuge in Bangladesh: UNHCR

The United Nations refugee agency says an estimated 270,000 Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar have sought refuge in Bangladesh over the past two weeks. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, said the numbers are so alarming-it really means that we have to step up our response to address the situati...

September 9, 2017 4:17 PM

Indian-Americans urged to raise funds for Harvey relief

In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, which brought rampage in the US state of Texas, the Consul General of India in Houston has appealed to Indian diaspora to raise one million US Dollars worth of funds for relief operations.<br/><br/>Consul General of India, CGI, Anupam Ray urged the I...

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