International News Updates

More than 130 flights departing and arriving at UK airports were cancelled after the Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for the north-west and south-west of England and parts of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

India on Friday allowed limited exports of essential goods including sugar, wheat, rice, onions and eggs to the Maldives as a goodwill gesture amid soured ties with the neighbouring country which has suddenly shown a marked tilt towards China under its new government.

A red alert for tsunami has been issued after the earthquake.

A hostage situation in the central Dutch town of Ede in the Netherlands has ended after four hostages were freed and a suspect was arrested, according to the Police.

India-China participated in 29th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs at Beijing to discuss and resolve issues along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

Fourteen people were killed and three others injured after tropical Cyclone Gamane landed in Madagascar, with three more people still missing, Madagascar's meteorological authorities said.

"We lost one of the brightest minds we have known," adding that Kahneman's research has made history and changed the way humanity perceives reality, bringing great pride to Israel and the Jewish people as a whole.

Six people, who went missing due to a bridge collapse in the US city of Baltimore, are presumed dead.

Mass fatalities are reportedly feared in the incident that occurred at nearly 1.30 a.m. (US local time), with the Baltimore Fire Department saying it was searching for at least seven people believed to be in the water, CNN reported.

Additional security personnel rushed to the site, cordoned off the area and conducted a search operation in the region as well.

At least five people have been killed and nearly 1,000 homes destroyed after an earthquake of 6.9 magnitude hit the northern Papua New Guinea on Sunday.The emergency disaster crew have rushed to the spot and are assessing the impact and damage caused by the tremor in parts of the province.

The death toll is expected to rise further, the committee said, CNN reported.

In a shocking event, at least 60 people were killed and over 100 sustained severe injuries after a group of gunmen attacked a Crocus Concert Hall in Moscow. The attackers also tried to set the concert hall in fire.

Further, the president with a pro-China tilt, stated that he has not taken any action or made any statements that may strain the relationship between the two countries, the Edition newspaper reported.

The Secretary-General condemns "in the strongest possible terms" the terrorist attack at a concert hall outside Moscow, in which at least 40 people were killed and more than 100 others injured, said Farhan Haq, the Deputy Spokesman, in a statement on Friday.