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The tremor was also felt in Kathmandu, the capital city of the country.

The British minister was speaking as tensions in the area remain high after Russia seized three Ukrainian naval vessels and their crews in the Black Sea last month, accusing them of illegally entering its territorial waters, a charge Ukraine denied.

French President Emmanuel Macron has agreed with critics of fuel tax hikes after 1.15 million people signed a petition after "yellow vest" protests.

The Justice Department said the hackers had targeted numerous managed service providers (MSPs), specialist firms which help other companies manage their information technology systems, giving hackers an entry into the computer networks of dozens of compan...

Putin also backed US President Donald Trump's decision to pull troops out of Syria, said British Prime Minister Theresa May had no choice but to implement Brexit and that Western democracy was under serious strain.

Putin reaffirmed the long-held Russian argument that the US presence in Syria is illegitimate because it hasn't been vetted by the UN Security Council or approved by Syrian President Bashar Assad's government.

Claas Relotius 'made up stories and invented protagonists' in at least 14 out of 60 articles that appeared in the Der Spiegel's print and online editions.

The advert, for a chicken restaurant chain, tells a spoof story how the man leaves South Africa in 1650, sails overseas and, after many adventures, comes ashore and meets white local people wearing three-pointed hats and waistcoats.

"This is a concrete way of putting victims first, and acknowledging the horror of what happened," said Vatican spokesman Greg Burke, adding that the February gathering would focus on responsibility, accountability and transparency.

The judge said the couple, who gave their child the middle name "Adolf", had "a long history of violent racist beliefs".

The money Donald Trump wants is only a small fraction of the roughly $450 billion Congress was poised to approve - before the latest battle over the proposed wall - to fund several agencies which will otherwise run out of money on Dec. 21.

"I compare the Netherlands to a fragile vase, held by its 17 million citizens." In order to preserve this 'vase', "compromises often have to be made in which difficult problems are solved in a sensible way," Rutte said.

The French government was on Sunday hoping the sharp drop in "yellow vest" demonstrators signalled an end to protests which have plunged President Macron into the biggest crisis of his presidency.

May accused Blair of insulting voters and trying to undermine her government with calls for a second referendum to break the political deadlock over the divorce deal she struck with the EU.

Canadian tourism Minister Melanie Joly had plans to visit Beijing to attend the closing ceremony of the 'Canada-China Year of Tourism 2018', but the two nations have mutually agreed to postpone the event.

President Macron called for a return to calm in France after nearly a month of protests by the so-called 'yellow vest' movement against his government's policies. The demonstrations have hit growth and caused widespread disruption.