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Another strong quake hits Indonesia's Lombok
According to Indonesia's geological agency, Thursday's quake had a magnitude of 6.2 and was shallow, striking at a depth of just 12 kilometres. It did not have the potential to cause a tsunami, the agency added. Some villages have collapsed entirely. Authorities are still searching through the rubble left behind on Lombok Island, still hoping to find survivors. [Full Article...]
Damascus says First Lady Asma al-Assad being treated for breast cancer
In her first comments about the bloodshed in Syria , Asma al-Assad said in 2012: "The President is the President of Syria, not a faction of Syrians, and the First Lady supports him in that role". In a video in 2012, the British and German ambassadors to the United Nations appealed to her to speak out against the violence. In 2011, Mrs al-Assad was controversially described as a "rose in the des... [Full Article...]
Burqa Comments Not Racist, Garb Should Be Banned
Conservative Party chairman Brandon Lewis said in a tweet that he had asked Johnson to apologize. "If you say that it is weird and bullying to expect women to cover their faces, then I totally agree - and I would add that I can find no scriptural authority for the practice in the Koran". [Full Article...]
Apple removes most of Alex Jones's podcasts from iTunes
Now Facebook has unpublished the pages for glorifying violence and "using dehumanizing language to describe people who are transgender, Muslims and immigrants, which violates our hate speech policies", the company said . "When users violate. policies repeatedly, like our policies against hate speech and harassment or our terms prohibiting circumvention of our enforcement measures, we terminat... [Full Article...]
Hamas fighter killed as Israel strikes Gaza after rockets fired from enclave
Middle East envoy Nickolay Mladenov. Read the full story . A video has been circulating on social media that captures the terror that Israelis endure when Hamas launches rockets at them. He called on all sides to step "back from the brink". The Israel Defense Forces Twitter account said its fighter jets had targeted more 140 strategic sites, including a weapons manufacturing and storage fac... [Full Article...]
Rick Gates says he and Manafort disguised foreign income as loans
Regarding a trading company Manafort had started with a partner in 2011, he asked with deep scepticism: "You're asking the jury to believe Mr Manafort authorised another US$250,000 as a bonus?" Under questioning, Gates said he may have submitted personal expenses for reimbursement by Trump's inaugural committee, which he helped operate. [Full Article...]
Death toll in Indonesia quake rises to 164
Cleanup and rescue efforts are still continuing on the island, following the previous quakes. Aftershocks have also continued to rattle the area - there have been more than 340 since Sunday. A man inspects the ruins of houses at a village affected by Sunday's quake in Kayangan, Lombok Island, Indonesia. Thousands of people have been sleeping in makeshift shelters or out in the open. [Full Article...]
UK wants nerve agent poisoning suspects extradited
It is also expected to reignite a diplomatic row with Russian Federation, the Guardian reported. Both are suspected of poisoning Sergei Skripal, a former double agent, and his daughter, Yulia, on March 4 with Novichok, a military-grade nerve agent developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. [Full Article...]