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Around 5,500 shops at the historic market in the north-western city of Tabriz were damaged in a fire which took six hours to extinguish

Poland Interior Minister Joachim Brudzinski said on Twitter that a woman was detained Monday in the central city of Plock for desecration of the icon of Mother of God of Czestochowa.

Part of the cash has been seized by the Lankan CID and the remainder was found deposited in several bank accounts that have since been suspended, police said.

Homeland Security and Labour Department officials said the decision to allocate the visas was based in part on the fact some businesses could face irreparable harm if they can't employ the workers.

Thailand's monarchy is one of the wealthiest in the world and is steeped in protocol centring on the king, who is viewed as a demigod.

The Gazan health ministry had earlier announced the death of her 14-month-old daughter in the same incident as Israel carried out strikes in response to some 250 rockets fired from Gaza.

Naruhito's father, Akihito, 85, abdicated on Tuesday in a simple ceremony, nearly three years after he first expressed fears that advancing age might make it difficult for him to perform his duties. It was the first abdication in 200 years.

His statement comes days after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested a 29-year-old Palakkad resident for allegedly conspiring to commit a terrorist act through Kasargode ISIS module.

The mayor of Jacksonville said on Twitter that everyone on board the flight was "alive and accounted for" but that crews were working to control jet fuel on the water.

The row over the teacher's wage freeze comes ahead of European Parliament elections in Portugal on May 26, and a general election slated for October 6.

The presidents are also said to have spoken about the conclusion of Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential campaign.

Three other people, two of them children, were missing after the raft capsized on the US-Mexico border, US Customs and Border Protection said in a statement.

After years of sometimes brutal persecution, transgender Pakistanis gained recognition in 2009 when the Supreme Court granted them special status with rights equal to other citizens.

The Russian's foreign ministry said it was important to avoid bloodletting as President Vladimir Putin discussed the unfolding crisis with members of his security council at the Kremlin.

The Child Marriage Restraint Act 1929 was presented by Senator Sherry Rehman of Pakistan Peoples Party, which will help to end the practice of child marriage in the country. "We are not promoting western values, but are trying to save innocent lives" says...

Domingo, who had purchased several hundred long nails to serve as shrapnel in the homemade pressure-cooker bombs, had also suggested attacks on Jews, police officers, churches, a military facility, Southern California freeways and the Santa Monica Pier.