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Pak Hindu minor girls approach court seeking protection, man suspected
Lahore: A man suspected to have assisted in solemnising the wedding of two Pakistani Hindu minor girls, who were reportedly abducted and forcefully converted to Islam, was arrested on Sunday, as the teenagers approached a court in Pakistan's Punjab province seeking protection, according to a media report.
The two girls, Raveena (13) and Reena (15), were allegedly kidnapped by a group of "influential" men from their home in Ghotki district in Sindh on the eve of Holi. Soon after the kidnapping, a video went viral in which a cleric was purportedly shown soleminising the Nikah (marriage) of the two girls, triggering a nationwide outrage. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan had also ordered a probe into the issue. According to Geo TV, the teenagers approached a court in Bahawalpur in Pakistan's Punjab province seeking protection.
"Police have meanwhile arrested a man from Khanpur who is suspected to have assisted in the nikah (marital contract) of the girls," it said. However, it is not c..
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Barbra Streisand 'sorry' for comments against Michael Jackson accusers
Los Aangeles: Veteran singer-actor Barbra Streisand on Sunday released a statement clarifying the remarks she made about the two men, who have levelled allegations of underage sexual abuse against Michael Jackson, saying she was sorry for not choosing her words "carefully".
In an interview with the Times, the 76-year-old star had said that while she believed Wade Robson and James Safechuck, who accused Jackson of sexual abuse in the HBO documentary "Leaving Neverland", she also has sympathy for the pop icon. In the documentary, Robson and Safechuck said Jackson spent years grooming both them and their families, gaining their trust so he could betray it.
"They were thrilled to be there. They both married and they both have children, so it didn't kill them," she had added. In her apology, Streisand said her aim was not to "dismiss" the trauma Robson and Safechuk experienced.
"I am profoundly sorry for any pain or misunderstanding I caused by not choosing my words more carefully about ..
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Massive blast at chemical plant in China kills six
Beijing: A huge explosion rocked a chemical plant in eastern China on Thursday, killing at least six people and injuring dozens as it knocked down factory buildings. The blast occurred at around 2:50 pm (0650 GMT) at a facility run by Tianjiayi Chemical in Yancheng, Jiangsu province, city officials said on their official Twitter-like Weibo account.
Around the time of the explosion, China's earthquake administration reported a 2.2-magnitude tremor in Lianyungang, a city near the Yancheng blast. Footage from state broadcaster CCTV showed windows of nearby houses blown out from the force of the explosion. An aerial view of the blast area showed a large swath of destruction in an industrial park, where multiple fires still raged.
At least six people were killed and 30 severely injured, while numerous others in the vicinity were slightly injured, city officials said on Weibo late Thursday. "At present, on-site rescue is still going on... The cause of the accident is under investigation," ..
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Hyderabad-based businessman killed in Ethiopia
A Hyderabad-based businessman, P Venkata Shashidar, was among the five people who died in an accident in Ethiopia. Ramakrishna, a business associate and friend of Shashidar, told ANI, "Venkata Shashidar had been to Ethiopia for business. For the last one-and-half-year, he has been frequently visiting Ethiopia.
On March 9, he went to Ethiopia with a Japanese team for mining purpose. On Tuesday morning, they were on their way to a mining spot when a blast took place and killed all five who were in the vehicle. We don't have exact information yet."
He added, "In the incident, five people were travelling and all of them died. On Wednesday morning, the Indian Embassy said some accident occurred and they said we are trying to identify what exactly happened."
Contrary to this, several media reports claimed that a person carrying a gun had killed the five persons in Ethiopia on Tuesday while they were travelling to a mining site.
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Nirav Modi arrested in London
In a major development, diamond merchant Nirav Modi has been arrested in London according to TV reports. A London court on Monday had issued an arrest warrant against Nirav Modi, who is wanted in India for an alleged loan default case, according to the sources in the Enforcement Directorate.
The arrest warrant was issued by the Westminster Court, the sources added. India had already requested the extradition of Nirav Modi from the United Kingdom. The development comes days after the fugitive was tracked down to a 33-storey Centre Point Apartment complex in London's Theatre District.
Nirav Modi, one of the prime accused in the PNB scam in India. Modi is the subject of an extradition request by India, along with an Interpol Red Corner Notice being issued for the PNB scam accused. Modi is the prime accused in the Rs 13,000 crore PNB fraud, along with his uncle Mehul Choksi.
Choksi was granted citizenship of Antigua and Barbuda on January 15, 2018, while Modi is in London. Both Modi and..
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Cyclone Idai: President Nyusi says over 1,000 people may have died in M
Maputo (Mozambique): Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi on Monday said that Cyclone Idai, which made landfall in Mozambique and other neighbouring countries, might have claimed the lives of more than 1,000 people, as torrential rains showed no signs of abating.
"Officially, we have a record of more than 84 dead but everything indicates that we can have a record of more than 1,000 dead," CNN quoted Nyusi as saying while addressing the nation. He added that "100,000 people are in danger."
Nyusi made the comments after undertaking an aerial survey to assess the extent of damage inflicted by the tropical cyclone and overseeing the rescue operations.
Terming the situation a 'real humanitarian disaster of large proportions', he remarked: "Waters from the rivers Pungue and Buzi have broken their banks, wiping out entire villages, isolating communities and we could see, as we flew above, bodies floating."
Cyclone Idai made landfall near Beira, a coastal city in Mozambique on March 14 and pr..
Gun law reform within 10 days: New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern
Wellington: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday vowed to unveil reforms to the country's existing gun laws in the wake of the March 15 Christchurch mosques shootings that claimed the lives of 50 people.
At a news conference here, Ardern said her cabinet has agreed "in principle" on proposals to change the country's gun laws in response to the terror attack, but she stopped short of revealing what those changes might be, CNN reported.
Ardern said more details will be released once her cabinet "has worked through the in-principle decision" taken on Monday. "As a Cabinet we were absolutely clear, the terror attack on Friday (March 15) was the worst act of terrorism on our shores," she said.
Echoing the Prime Minister's remark, New Zealand First leader Winston Peters, who also appeared beside Ardern, said: "This was a cabinet decision... The reality is after March 15, our world changed forever, and so will our laws," Peters said.
New Zealand First is part of the ruling ..
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Mourners pay tribute to victims of New Zealand shootings
Christchurch: A steady stream of mourners paid tribute Sunday at a makeshift memorial to the 50 people slain by a gunman at two mosques in Christchurch, while dozens of Muslims stood by to bury the dead when authorities finally release the victims' bodies. Hundreds of flowers were piled up amid candles, balloons and notes of grief and love outside the Al Noor mosque. As a light rain fell, people clutched each other and wept quietly. "We wish we knew your name to write upon your heart. We wish we knew your favourite song, what makes you smile, what makes you cry," read one of the tributes, which contained cut-out paper hearts under a nearby tree. "We made a heart for you. 50 hearts for 50 lives."
Two days after Friday's attack, New Zealand's deadliest shooting in modern history, relatives were still waiting for authorities to release the bodies. Islamic law calls for bodies to be cleansed and buried as soon as possible after death, usually within 24 hours. Supporters arrived from acros..
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Zimbabwe: 24 dead, 40 missing after cyclone ravages Harare
Harare: A tropical cyclone left a trail of destruction in eastern Zimbabwe, with flash floods sweeping away houses and destroying trees and crops, killing 24 people and injuring hundreds of others. At least 40 people are also missing in the calamity, authorities said on Saturday.
Cyclone Idai, which made landfall first in Mozambique on Thursday evening, spread to Malawi, Zimbabwe and South Africa affecting millions of people in the region. Rescue efforts are being hampered due to high-velocity winds and torrential rains.
"Currently the number of people confirmed dead is standing at 24, mainly from an area called Chimanimani East bordering with Mozambique. Two of those are students but 40 people are missing. Rescue efforts are still ongoing but due to heavy winds and rainfall, it is proving difficult to move with great speed," Anadolu News Agency quoted Nick Mangawana, secretary in Zimbabwe's Ministry of Information.
"Hundreds of people have had their houses destroyed and marooned on..
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A black cloud looms over 'the land of long white cloud'
Aukland: At 1.45 pm Friday afternoon local time, New Zealand lost its purity. All it took was 17 minutes of diabolic, demented carnage and 49 deaths, to completely shatter the decades-old, deftly-designed '100% Pure New Zealand' brand. Think New Zealand, think heaven.
The hype though is not too far from the truth. Kiwis actually believe the myth as do millions of others. I did too.
Crime? What's that?
We migrated to New Zealand 13 years ago. A few weeks before my family left for New Zealand we met Mumbai's Pradip Madhavji, who was at that time the Honorary Consul of New Zealand in Mumbai to ask him about life in Aotearoa. It means 'the land of the long white cloud'. The Honorary Consul drew a rosy picture of the country. "Do you know there is no crime in New Zealand," he said. "The cops don't carry guns, pepper spray." We, of course, didn't believe him. Madhavji though was telling the truth.
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Donald Trump: Don't see white nationalism a rising threat
Washington DC: US President Donald Trump on Friday said that he did not see a rise in white nationalism across the world after the accused in the New Zealand mosque terror attack called the president "a symbol of renewed white identity."
"I don't really think so. I think it"s a small group of people that have very, very serious problems,"ÂÂÂ The Hill quoted Trump as saying when asked if he saw a rise in white nationalism.
"If you look at what happened in New Zealand, perhaps that"s the case. I don"t know enough about it yet," he added. Earlier, a social media account believed to be linked to the Australian-born suspect, who filmed himself, while carrying out the attack, had posted a lengthy manifesto, expressing anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim views.
He wrote that he supported Trump "as a symbol of renewed white identity and common purposeâ¿ÂÂÂ but not as a "policymaker and leader.â¿ÂÂÂ Responding to the same, Tru..
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Indian pleads guilty to marriage and visa fraud
Washington: An Indian national residing in Florida on Thursday pleaded guilty to charges of running a fake marriage racket through which he helped illegal immigrants, mostly Indians, to get married to US citizens, thus facilitating their stay in the country.
The man identified as 47-year-old Ravi Babu Kolla, who was residing in Florida's Panama city, has been detained. His Sentencing hearing is scheduled for May 22 at the US Courthouse in Tallahassee. His co-conspirator Krystal Cloud, 40, was sentenced to two years of imprisonment for marriage and visa fraud conspiracy after he pleaded guilty on December 28, 2018. She is a US citizen.
Between February 2017 and August 2018, Kolla operated an immigration marriage fraud business in Bay County that recruited US citizens to marry Indian foreign nationals to gain immigration benefits, prosecutors said. An investigation identified over 80 fraudulent marriages that were performed in Alabama as part of Kolla's scheme, the Department of Justic..
3,000 IS kids living in 'extremely dire conditions'
Damascus: At least 3,000 children born into Islamic State (IS) families are being housed in camps in Syria, UNICEF said on Thursday, with many younger than six years old and living in "extremely dire conditions" here.
The UNICEF figure is sharply higher than earlier assessments, driven in part by the arrival in al-Hawl camp of as many as 30,000 people from the last IS enclave of Baghuz. The number of newcomers has overwhelmed camp officials, who are struggling to keep accurate records and provide food and shelter.
At least 1,000 more children born to at least one parent aligned to the terror group are believed to be held in Iraq. Many are housed with mothers who have been handed death sentences by Iraqi courts after summary trials in which little, if any, evidence is heard.
The fate of children in both countries has become a vexing issue for many nations whose citizens travelled to join the IS and now wish to return. UNICEF's regional director for the Middle East, Geert Cappela..
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US bans Boeing 737 MAX flights
Washington DC: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that his administration was grounding Boeing's 737 Max planes, reversing an earlier decision by authorities to keep the aircraft flying, in the wake of a deadly crash involving one of its jets in Ethiopia, which killed all 157 people on board.
Trump said from the White House on Wednesday that planes currently in the air would be ordered to land at their destination and remain grounded, and that airlines and pilots had been notified of the decision, CNN reported.
"The safety of the American people, of all people, is our paramount concern,"Â Trump was quoted by The New York Times as saying. After over 40 countries had banned Boeing's 737 Max aircraft following the deadly March 10 Ethiopian Airlines crash, there were calls in the US to follow suit.
But, the Federal Aviation Administration, the country's aviation regulator, stated that it did not see 'no systemic performance issues' that would prompt the agency to stop the..
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Six members of Indian family among 157 dead in Ethiopian Airlines crash
The "trip of a lifetime" to a safari park in Kenya turned into a nightmare for six members of a family from India in Canada who perished when the Nairobi-bound Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed minutes after take-off from Addis Ababa.
The Boeing 737 took-off from Bole International Airport on Sunday and lost contact six minutes later before coming down near Tulu Fara village outside the Ethiopian town of Bishoftu, killing all 149 passengers and eight crew on board, including tourists and business travellers.
The victims included Pannagesh Vaidya, 73; his wife Hansini Vaidya, 67; their daughter Kosha Vaidya, 37; her husband Prerit Dixit, 45; and their two children, Anushka and Ashka Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown was quoted as saying by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
While the Surat-based Vaidya couple were Indian nationals, their daughter, husband and two children were Canadians of Indian-origin. The family who was living in Canada, heading for a safari vacation, were abo..
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan: Brexit is a complete, utter mess
London (UK): At least one million people took to the streets here on Saturday to protest against UK Prime Minister Theresa May's handling of the Brexit process, demanding for a second referendum to be held, according to campaign group People's Vote UK - the organiser of the protest.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who was one the attendees, launched a scathing attack against May. However, he wasn't the only one to do so; there were continuous calls for May to step down from her post during Saturday's protest.
Thank you to everyone who joined the #PutItToThePeopleMarch today. All 1,000,000 of you, please get home safe. pic.twitter.com/2Pqprvmern
— People's Vote UK (@peoplesvote_uk) March 23, 2019
"No matter how you voted, I'm sure you'll agree - #Brexit is a complete and utter mess. The British people didn't vote for a bad Brexit deal. The British people didn't vote for a no-deal Brexit. It's time to give us - the British people - the final say. #PeoplesVote," Khan tweeted.
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Albino penguin makes debut at Polish zoo
A rare three-month-old albino penguin made its first public appearance at a zoo in the Polish Baltic port city of Gdansk, where its keepers claim it is the only one of its kind in captivity.
The all-white African black-foot penguin was born on December 14, but zoo staff decided to keep its arrival secret as they were unsure the vulnerable newborn would survive. Zoo staff are waiting until they are able to determine its sex to name the youngster.
"As far as we know, there is no other such specimen alive (in captivity) in the world," Michal Targowski, director of the Gdansk Zoo, told the TVN24 commercial news channel.
"The baby is active, in good health, eats well and, what's very important, its parents are taking very good care of it," Targowski said. To ensure its safety, the youngster is being kept with a small group of six adults, including its parents, part of a group of 70 penguins living at the Gdansk Zoo.
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26 killed, 28 injured in Hunan bus accident in China
Hunan Province: A tourist bus suddenly caught fire on a highway in Hunan Province of Central China, late on Friday, killing 26 people and injuring 28 others, local authorities said.
Xinhua news agency confirmed that the injured, including five in critical condition, were rushed to three local hospitals for treatment, after quoting the publicity department of China's Hunan Provincial Committee.
The 59-seater bus, with 56 people on board, including 53 passengers, two drivers and a tour guide, was travelling from Hunan province in Central China to Hanshou County in Changde city.
An investigation was immediately launched by the police who detained the two bus drivers after the accident was reported. Further details are awaited.
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YouTube star accused of physically abusing seven adoptive children
A famous YouTube star was recently accused of physically abusing seven of her adoptive children. The children told authorities that she sprayed pepper on them, beat them and also deprived them of food and water if they didn't participate in her videos. She was arrested last Friday.
The lady in question, Machells Hobson, 48, is a YouTube star whose channel "Fantastic Adventures" has 80,000 subscribers.
A 19-year-old girl told the Maricopa Police Department that her younger adoptive step-sister disclosed that she was being abused by her mother, Hobson.
After the Officers conducted a welfare check at Hobson's residence, they found that the seven children were malnourished, had dark circles, were underweight, thirsty and hungry.
One of the seven children told the police that Hobson locked her in a closet for days at a time without food or water and made her wear a pull-up diaper and did not allow her to use the bathroom.
The child also said that Hobson would spray pepper on them and h..
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New Zealand massacre: PM Ardern vows never to say gunman's name
Wellington: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday vowed that she will never mention the name of the lone gunman who carried out the March 15 Christchurch mosques massacre, in order to deprive him of the notoriety he was looking for.
"I implore you: Speak the names of those who were lost rather than the name of the man who took them. You will never hear me mention his name. He is a terrorist, he is a criminal, he is an extremist, but he will, when I speak, be nameless," Efe news quoted Ardern as saying at Parliament here.
"And to others, I implore you, speak the names of those who are lost, rather than the name of the man who took them," the Prime Minister said where she also remembered some of the victims, including Haji-Daoud Nabi, a 71-year-old Afghan man who opened the door of the Al Noor mosque to the shooter and whose last words were "Hello brother, welcome".
"He may have sought notoriety, but we in New Zealand will give him nothing, not even his name," Ardern sa..
Putin signs bills banning fake news, insults
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed into law a series of bills criminalising persons who would spread "fake news" or "disrespecting" the state, in a move which, critics say, will curtail freedom of speech of criticising the government.
The new legislation allows Russian authorities to block websites or Internet accounts that publish what they deem to be "fake news" and penalises those who post material found to be insulting and distasteful to state officials, state symbols and Russian society.
According to the new law, individuals found publishing "fake news" will have to pay a fine of 100,000 rubles, while public officials will have to cough up 200,000 roubles. For corporate organisations, the fine has been set at 500,000 roubles, TASS news agency reported.
However, the new legislation mandates that news publications registered with Roskomnadzor (federal executive body responsible for overseeing the media), including online media sites, would be given a chance..
Trump donates $100,000 from salary to Homeland Security Dept
Washington DC: US President Donald Trump on Monday announced that he was donating USD 100,000 from his annual presidential salary to the Department of Homeland Security.
Trump posted a photo on his Twitter handle of a cheque to the Department of Homeland Security amounting to USD 100,000, which is one-quarter of his annual salary of USD 400,000.
While the press doesn’t like writing about it, nor do I need them to, I donate my yearly Presidential salary of $400,000.00 to different agencies throughout the year, this to Homeland Security. If I didn’t do it there would be hell to pay from the FAKE NEWS MEDIA! pic.twitter.com/xqIGUOwh4x
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 18, 2019
"While the press doesn't like writing about it, nor do I need them to, I donate my yearly Presidential salary of $400,000.00 to different agencies throughout the year, this to Homeland Security," he tweeted.
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Orangutan shot with 74 airgun pellets in Indonesia on road to recovery
An orangutan is slowly recovering after being shot with 74 airgun pellets in Indonesian, an official said on Saturday. The 30-year-old female was found severely wounded in Aceh province last Sunday after officials received a tipoff from villagers.
She was found in critical condition with her one-month baby under a jackfruit tree on a plantation owned by a villager. "The orangutans came to a villager's plantation and they were considered as threats by the owner who then attempted to expel the animals," said Sapto Aji Prabowo, chief of Aceh Conservation Agency.
Officials immediately rescued the animals but the baby died from malnutrition. Almost a week later, officials say the ape, who's been given the name Hope, is slowly recovering. "Hope is getting better, she's starting to... eat," Sapto Aji Prabowo said.
Orangutans are critically endangered, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, with only about 1,00,000 worldwide. "We will investigate whether this was j..
Missing Hyderabad man Farhaj Ahsan killed in New Zealand terror attack
Hyderabad (Telangana): A man from Hyderabad, who was missing since Friday following the "well-planned" terror attack on Al Noor mosque in Christchurch in New Zealand, has been declared dead by the authorities in New Zealand on Saturday.
The deceased, named Farhaj Ahsan, went to the mosque for Friday's prayers but went missing after the attacks. Ahsan's father had earlier told ANI: "My son went to the mosque to offer Friday prayers. My son has not returned yet."
Meanwhile, the family members of the deceased are planning to go to New Zealand. Nobody was willing to speak to the media amid the sad reports of Ashan's death.
In the worst ever terror attack in New Zealand, multiple gunmen carried out indiscriminate shootings at two mosques in Christchurch during the Friday prayers, leaving 49 people dead and at least 48 wounded.
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EU to slap Google with fresh fine
Brussels: The EU's anti-trust regulator is to slap tech giant Google with a new fine over unfair competition practices, sources told AFP on Friday.
Brussels has targeted the Silicon Valley firm's AdSense advertising service, saying it restricts some client websites from displaying ads from third parties.
The decision in the long-running case, first reported by the Financial Times, is the latest anti-trust salvo against Google, which has already received nearly seven billion euros in EU fines.
Two sources close to the matter said the verdict would land next week, most likely on Wednesday.
"We are in the process of finalising the AdSense case," EU competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager said earlier this week.
In July 2018, the US giant was ordered to pay a record 4.34 billion euros for abusing the dominant position of Android, its smartphone operating system, to help assure the supremacy of its search engine.
A year earlier it slapped Google with a fine of 2.42 billion euros f..
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Four held for New Zealand mosques shootings
Four people were arrested on Friday after two gunmen opened fire at two mosques in New Zealand's Christchurch city, with the police saying that there were "multiple fatalities".
Police Commissioner Mike Bush said the four arrested people comprised three men and one woman, CNN reported.
"We are not aware of other people, but we cannot assume there are not others at large," Bush told the media here.
The shootings took place at the Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Masjid, The New Zealand Herald reported.
One gunman believed to be Australian, filmed as he shot victims in the mosque - and wrote a manifesto declaring his intentions, saying that "it is a terrorist attack", according to Bush.
He said that there were also multiple improvised explosive devices attached to vehicles as part of the attack.
"This goes to the seriousness of the situation," Bush said, adding that the police were not assuming the situation was limited to Christchurch at this stage.
Authorities advised people not to go..
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1,300 people being evacuated from cruise ship in Norway
Oslo (Norway): Around 1,300 people are being evacuated on Saturday (local time) from a cruise ship adrift in rough seas in the Hustadvika area off Norway, according to Norwegian emergency services.
"Cruise ship VIKING SKY reports MAYDAY...problems in bad weather...HRS has sent several helicopters and vessels to the site," the services tweeted on Saturday.
IMG 7826 https://t.co/e4OEHfnbPl via @YouTube
— HRS Sør-Norge (@HRSSorNorge) March 23, 2019
According to the services, five helicopters are involved in evacuation, which is ongoing. Efforts are ongoing to get more than one engine running.
Meanwhile, all aboard are safe. Around 50 people have been airlifted, according to CNN. The ship is owned by Viking Ocean Cruises and was built in 2017. It can hold around 930 guests.
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Game over for ISIS in Syria
US-backed forces in Syria announced on Saturday that they have liberated the last area held by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) in the eastern Syrian village of Baghouz, declaring victory over the extremist group and the end of its self-declared Islamic caliphate.
"Syrian Democratic Forces declare total elimination of the so-called caliphate and 100 per cent territorial defeat of IS. On this unique day, we commemorate thousands of martyrs whose efforts made the victory possible," tweeted Mustafa Bali, a spokesman for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, referring to the group by its Arabic acronym.
An image grab released by the Kurdish Ronahi TV shows the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) raising their flag atop a building in Baghouz
However, earlier in the day, journalists in Baghouz had claimed that "there has been gunfire coming out of the ISIS positions". "If you were to look at the amount of territory, it is very small indeed, but the fighting goes on," CNN quo..
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Explosions claim 6 as Kabul marks Persian New Year
At least six people were killed by blasts in Kabul on Thursday during the Persian New Year celebrations in a Shiite area of the Afghan capital, authorities said. "Twenty-three were wounded and six people were martyred (killed) in today's explosions in Kabul," health ministry spokesman Wahidullah Mayar told AFP, with the interior ministry confirming the toll.
In a message to AFP, the Taliban denied responsibility for the attack, which police said had been caused by three remote-controlled mines — one placed in the washroom of a mosque, one behind a hospital, and one in an electricity meter.
The blasts were near Kabul University and the Karte Sakhi shrine, where many Afghans gather every year to mark Nawrooz, which is the traditional Persian New Year holiday but considered un-Islamic by Muslim fundamentalists.
Kabul police spokesman Basir Mujahid said a fourth mine was defused near Kabul University, and that authorities were searching for any others that may have been placed in ..
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Washington: A top White House official said on Sunday that President Donald Trump "is not a white supremacist" and attempts to tie him to the alleged New Zealand mosque shooter are "absurd." Mick Mulvaney, the acting chief of staff, described the New Zealand shooter as a "disturbed individual" and "evil person" and said it was unfair to cast the 28-year-old Australian "as a supporter of Donald Trump any more than it is to look at his, sort of his eco-terrorist passages in that manifesto and align him with Nancy Pelosi or Ms Ocasio-Cortez." Pelosi, a California Democrat, is the House speaker. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, is a freshman and major proponent of a plan, named the Green New Deal, for tackling climate change.
"This was a disturbed individual, an evil person, and to try and tie him to an American politician from either party probably ignores some of the deeper, difficulties that this sort of activity exposes," Mulvaney said. Still, Mulvaney's defense of Trump failed to..
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