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Tens of thousands of workers in Israel from nations including Thailand and the Philippines send their earnings home to support their families.

Women and children were more likely to have been at home when the quake struck in the morning, said Siddig Ibrahim, the chief of the UNICEF field office in Herat, said.

Under the ambitious BRI, China provides funding for major infrastructure projects around the world, in a bid to speed Chinese goods to markets further afield.

The official source, according to The Jerusalem Post, informed Qatar that Hamas is not opposed to an exchange deal that guarantees the release of all Palestinian female prisoners.

During their meeting, they engaged in "extensive discussions aimed at enhancing the relationship" between India and Sri Lanka, Wickremesinghe's office said.

The new war-time Cabinet establishes a degree of unity after years of bitterly divisive politics, and as the Israeli military appears increasingly likely to launch a ground offensive into Gaza.

“Let me say again to any country, any organization, anyone thinking of taking advantage of the situation,” Biden said. “I have one word: Don’t."

Netanyahu delivered the pronouncement as Israel pressed ahead with a third day of heavy airstrikes in Gaza following Hamas' unprecedented and deadly incursion into Isreal.

A French defences source said the first group of soldiers that were considered priority for evacuation for health or humanitarian reasons had already flown out of Niger on Monday.

The British Ministry of Defense suggests that as the elections approach, the Kremlin will likely aim to minimize unpopular political actions.

Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip over the past three days after Hamas militants surged into southern Israeli towns in a surprise attack that has left hundreds killed.

Israel's government on Monday said it would immediately cut (its) water supply to Gaza as part of a "complete siege" on the Hamas-controlled territory.

Turkey's defence ministry said Friday it had launched a new wave of air strikes in retaliation for an attack in Ankara earlier this month that wounded two security personnel.

One of the leaders of an emergency rescue team in Bago told The Associated Press that the flooding was at least 7-8 feet (2.44 meters) deep in low-lying areas and 3-4 feet downtown.

Indigenous Australians have worse outcomes on average than other Australians in a range of measures including health, employment, education, incarceration and suicide rates.

Gun battles raged into the night between Israeli forces and hundreds of Hamas fighters in at least 22 Israel locations, including at least two where gunmen were holding hostages, the army said. Sderot: More than 200 Israelis died in a…

At least 120 people in the Indian Himalayas were killed by avalanches over the past two years.

Often referred as ‘Mountain Boy’, Akshaj was a native of Ongole and has been residing in Mascot with his parents.