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Enas Khammash, 23, and her 18-month daughter Bayan were killed in an airstrike in Jafarawi in central Gaza, the health ministry in the Hamas-controlled strip said, while her husband was injured.

Nearly 1,500 people have been hospitalized with serious injuries and more than 156,000 have been displaced due to the extensive damage to thousands of homes in Indonesia after the earthquake on Sunday.

The regulation by the city government will take effect from November 1. Smokers who do not adhere to the regulation, released yesterday, will be fined 10 yuan (USD 1.5), and venue owners may be fined up to 1,000 yuan (USD 146).

Pakistan's defence ties with Russia have moved past the bitter Cold War hostilities in recent years and the chill in the relations between Pakistan and the US has further pushed the country towards Russia and China.

The nomination of the 66-year-old former Punjab chief minister was approved soon after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party named Imran Khan as prime ministerial candidate.

The National Movement of Soldiers in Shirts said it was made up of "patriotic military personnel and civilians loyal to the Venezuelan people who seek to rescue the democracy of a nation under dictatorship”.

Last week students have brought parts of the capital Dhaka to a standstill with a protest against poor road safety after two teenagers were killed by a speeding bus.

Lula da Silva is in prison in the southern city of Curitiba, serving a 12-year sentence for corruption and likely to be barred from the ballot.

Steven Lawlor scaled metal railings to enter the grounds of the palace on July 16 and tore down poster boards and a display cabinet to use as bedding.

Sharif's sons were declared as absconders by an accountability court after they failed to appear in either of the three cases launched against them along with their father following a Supreme Court decision on July 28, 2017.

The US on Monday eased export controls for high-technology product sales to India by designating it as a Strategic Trade Authorization-1 (STA-1) country, the only South Asian nation to be on the list.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is creating a society "where women can shine" is a priority, but women still face an uphill battle in employment and hurdles returning to work after having children.

The accident caused two series injuries: a pilot had to undergo a spinal operation, and a young girl suffered burns on 25 per cent of her body

Jalalabad has been the scene of multiple attacks in recent months that have killed dozens, as US and Afghan forces continue offensives against militants.

The reported new missile construction follows Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's recent testimony where he told senators Pyongyang continues to make nuclear fissile material, without indicating whether the hermit state was building new missiles.

Landslides have killed dozens this year around the treacherous jade mines where impoverished locals comb deep gouges in the ground for pieces of the semi-precious gemstone.