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March 23, 2017 11:37 AM
Chinese coastal sea levels touches record highs in 2016, driven by climate change as well as El Nino and La Nina events, the country's sea administration said today. <br/><br/>According to an annual report by China's State Oceanic Administration, average coastal sea levels in 2...
March 23, 2017 11:26 AM
In South Korea, a ferry that sank nearly three years ago,has been raised from the sea bed. <br/><br/>The Sewol sank off the south-western island of Jindo on 16th April 2014 with casualities of about 304 people, almost all school children on a trip. The ferry is expected to arrive at port...
March 23, 2017 11:20 AM
Extreme weather and climate conditions, including Arctic "heatwaves", have continued into 2017, after global temperatures set record last year and the world witnessed exceptionally low sea ice and unabated ocean heat. <br/><br/>The UN weather agency said that while global tempe...
March 23, 2017 11:16 AM
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has expressed concern over Sri Lanka's government for failing to investigate civil war-era atrocities, saying it was afraid of punishing soldiers who committed abuses during the conflict. <br/><br/>UNHRC's High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad al...
March 23, 2017 10:16 AM
Sri Lanka has co-sponsored a resolution of the United Nations Human Rights Council for a two-year extension of commitments made to address war crime issues during LTTE war and reconciliation with ethnic minorities. <br/><br/>The original resolution brought in October, 2015 had to be exte...
March 23, 2017 8:22 AM
US-led coalition aircraft have, for the first time, carried out an airlift of allied fighters battling the Islamic State terror group in Syria. The Pentagon said, members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance were dropped behind IS lines close to the Tabqa dam, west of the city of Raqqa. Fi...
March 23, 2017 8:21 AM
Recognising that there are many pressing challenges in the Middle East, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said, defeating the Islamic State terror group is Washington's number one goal. He was addressing the 10th meeting of the 68-member Global Coalition against IS. <br/><br/>...
March 23, 2017 7:10 AM
Five people have been killed and about 40 injured in a terror attack near the British Parliament in London. Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said, the attack started when a car was driven on Westminster Bridge, hitting people and police officers, before crashing into railings j...
March 23, 2017 1:38 AM
In Pakistan, a court today ordered authorities to ensure separate counting of Sikhs in the nationwide census. Earlier, Sikh community members filed a plea for not being counted among the religions included in the first national headcount in 19 years. <br/><br/>The Peshawar High Court ord...
March 23, 2017 1:03 AM
In Britain, at least four people, including an armed police officer and the attacker, were killed and 20 people injured in a terrorist attack near the Houses of Parliament in London today. <br/><br/>The head of counterterrorism at London's Metropolitan Police, Mark Rowley said the d...
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