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The stampede occurred when the students left the school in western Kenya on Monday, local police said. An investigation is underway.

The terrorist group's propaganda arm said the man carried out the attack in response to a call to target nationals of countries belonging to the global anti-IS coalition.

Sweeping new restrictions will also be imposed on American citizens, with those returning from the province at the disease's epicentre placed in facilities for a mandatory 14-day quarantine.

The national anthem will be sung only in Sinhala, officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs said on Monday. Sri Lanka's Constitution provides for the singing of the national anthem in both Sinhala and Tamil.

Following the 51-49 vote, the Senate scheduled four hours of closing arguments by Democratic prosecutors and White House defense lawyers on Monday and a vote for acquittal on Wednesday.

Thunberg, 17, was mentioned as a possible Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2019, when the honour ultimately went to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for his efforts to resolve a long-running conflict with neighbouring Eritrea.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has also announced a USD10 million commitment to help frontline responders in China and Africa contain the spread of novel coronavirus.

Pratap Singh and his wife Mayuari were visiting the popular White Island in New Zealand when the volcano erupted on December 9. The police in New Zealand confirmed their deaths.

As firefighters and residents prepared for the heightened danger, the New South Wales (NSW) state government launched a six-month inquiry to examine both the causes of and response to this season's deadly wildfires.

An eerie calm has descended on the normally bustling streets of the city of 11 million people, where the student has been studying at Wuhan University, about 10 miles from where experts believe the new coronavirus originated.

Netanyahu said he would ask the Cabinet to advance the extension of Israeli sovereignty over most Jewish settlements and the strategic Jordan Valley, a move that would likely spark international outrage and complicate the White House's efforts to build su...

The EU, however, cautioned that Israel and the Palestinians needed to show 'a genuine commitment to the two-state solution as the only realistic way to end the conflict.'

Some Chinese nationals have taken to social media to show off their skills like playing word games with Apple’s virtual assistant Siri, pretending to be fishing from a small bucket in their room, and playing billiard using chopsticks etc.

The envy was addressing a gathering of Indian diaspora members and UK ministers and officials at the annual celebration organised by the Indian High Commission in London on Monday to mark the Republic Day.

The novel coronavirus that has infected thousands of people across China has genetic similarities to SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), a pathogen that left some 650 people dead on the mainland and Hong Kong in 2002-2003.

The boys, aged 15, 13, 13 and 12, have confessed to the crime and said that they carried out the act to steal money from the temple, according to a report.