Strong 6.0 quake hits central Myanmar, USGS says, no reports of damage
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 hit a remote region of central Myanmar early on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The shallow quake struck at a depth of 10 km (six miles) some 40 km (24…
Saudi women-only motor show opens in Jeddah
Women flocked to Le Mall in Jeddah on Thursday to check out the kingdom’s first car exhibition aimed at women, a few months after Saudi Arabia granted them the right to drive. Pink, orange and yellow balloons hung in the…
One killed as RAB raids ‘militant hideout’ in Dhaka
Team of officers attached to the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), Bangladesh’s anti-crime and anti-terrorism unit raided a ‘militant outfit’ and killed a suspected militant in Tejgaon Industrial area of Dhaka on Friday morning. Sounds of gunshots were heard from the…
UN aid chief wants to improve response to Syrian crisis
After seven years of bloody conflict, the Syrian war has wreaked a “colossal toll” on the country and its people, the United Nations relief chief has said from the capital, Damascus, where he outlined ways to sustain and improve humanitarian…
Soldiers murdered 10 captured Rohingya – Myanmar military
Myanmar’s military said its soldiers had murdered 10 captured Muslim “terrorists” during insurgent attacks at the beginning of September, after Buddhist villagers had forced the captured men into a grave they had dug. “Villagers and members of the security forces…