International News Updates

Hundreds of people took to the streets of the capital city after the police went on strike over a pay dispute, resulting in mass looting of supermarkets, while cars and shops were set ablaze, the BBC reported.

She was administered the oath of office by Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman at the Montgomery Township Reorganisation Meeting on January 4.

The family of Amedi announced the news of his injury late Monday evening.

Shaheeb reached the Foreign Ministry’s office at South Block in Delhi on Monday morning.

The death toll reached 128 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa, six days after a series of earthquakes of up to 7.6 magnitude struck the prefecture and its vicinity, authorities said.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has won an overwhelming majority in Bangladesh's parliamentary election, giving her party -- the Awami League -- a fourth consecutive term, the media reported, citing an election official.

The development came after opposition leaders slammed the "appalling language" used by the officials against the Indian leader.

In a statement on Sunday, the Maldivian Foreign Ministry said they were aware of the "derogatory remarks on social media platforms against foreign leaders and high-ranking individuals”.

According to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA, majority of the victims were women and children, while many others were also injured in the airstrike.

The incident happened around 9 pm when four carriages of the Benapole Express that runs from Benapole, a town bordering the Indian state of West Bengal, were set on fire as it nearly reached its destination of the capital’s Kamalapur Railway Station.

The hijacked ship, ‘MV Lila Norfolk’ had sent an SOS on UKMTP portal indicating around 5-6 armed hijackers boarding the ship late on Thursday evening.

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), a 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the Noto Peninsula at 10:54 a.m. (local time) on Wednesday at a depth of 10 km, reports Xinhua news agency.

"We have informed the brothers in Qatar and Egypt of the freezing of negotiations," a Palestinian source told Xinhua news agency on condition of anonymity. Qatar and Egypt have been mediating a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Reports suggest that as per an Israeli army plan, the tribes can be tasked with the civil administration of Gaza and will also oversee the distribution of humanitarian aid for a temporary period.

The NHK report said that all the 379 passengers and crew members have escaped the aircraft which is still in flames.