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Ecuador quake toll rises to 233
PEDERNALES- The strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador since 1979, with a magnitude of 7.8, was centred on Ecuador’s sparsely populated fishing ports and tourist beaches, 105 miles (170 kilometers) northwest… Read more
14 dead, over hundred missing as strong quake hits Taiwan
TAINAN- A powerful earthquake struck Taiwan early on Saturday killing at least 14 people, most in a 17-storey apartment building that collapsed, with more than hundred people still known to… Read more
Dubai investigates cause of massive New Year’s eve hotel fire
DUBAI- Authorities are determining the cause of the fire that engulfed the building on New Year’s Eve while smoke was still rising from the 63 storey hotel in Dubai today. The… Read more
India becomes full member of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
UFA, RUSSIA- India was today accepted as a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a six-member regional grouping including China and Russia. India, which has had an observer… Read more
Yemeni Rebels Advances in Port City of Aden
ADEN, April 05- Houthi rebels in Yemen continue to gain ground in the southern city of Aden Sunday, despite a Saudi-led airstrike campaign. Russia and the International Committee of the… Read more
ICC drops Uhuru Kenyatta charges for crime against humanity
NAIROBI, Dec 05- Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague have withdrawn charges of crimes against humanity against Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta. He had been indicted in… Read more
Gaza attacked with fresh strikes; Nine killed
CAIRO, Aug 10- Palestinian negotiators have warned they will leave Cairo on Sunday if their Israeli counterparts do not show up for truce talks, after Israel attacked Gaza with fresh… Read more
Security Council demands humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza
GAZA CITY, July 28- With more than 1,000 people killed in the Israel-Hamas conflict, the U.N. Security Council held an emergency meeting in New York early Monday to push for “an… Read more
Five Indian nurses hurt as ISIS blows up Tikrit hospital
At least five Indian nurses were injured after ISIS militants blew up a hospital in Iraq’s Tikrit on Thursday, according to their relatives in Kerala. A group of around 46… Read more
Security tightened in China ahead of Tiananmen square anniversary
BEIJING, June 04- Several people have been detained and security has been stepped up in Tiananmen Square on the 25th anniversary of the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Beijing,… Read more
