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Death toll from Nepal quake soars to 6,659-update
The death toll from last weekend's powerful earthquake in Nepal has reached almost 6,660. And more than 14-thousand people have been injured.
The Nepalese police said 76 foreign nationals are among the dead, as more than 200 other foreigners remain missing.
Nepal's army chief said on Saturday that hill areas in Nepal were the worst hit by the earthquake, and these places are expecting for more aid.
He predicted that the death toll could exceed 10,000.
Many residents in Kathmandu have been moving back to their houses from makeshift tents as the fear of aftershocks subsided.
Indian military carries out rescue, relief operation in Nepal: general
Indian Army Major General J.S. Sandhu has said today that his country is carrying out a massive rescue and relief operation in Nepal to help victims of last weekend's massive earthquake.
He said Indian search and rescue teams have reached inaccessible areas and devastated villages in quake-hit districts in operations carried out with Nepal's Army.
Sandhu confirmed that a dozen Indian military helicopters have been rescuing quake victims and bringing in relief supplies over the past week.
U.S.-led aerial campaign kills 52 civilians in northern Syria
The death toll in a series of U.S.-led anti-terror coalition strikes against a northern Syrian town has climbed to around 52 people, including at least 7 childern and 9 women.
The airstrikes were carried out early on Friday against targets in and around the town of Beirmhali in the northwestern countryside of Aleppo province in northern Syria.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claimed that besides the 52 killed, 13 people were reported missing after the aiestrike.
The watchdog group condemned the action and urged coalition countries to avoid hitting residential areas.
66 civilians have been killed in international coalition airstrikes against positions of the Islamic State group in Syria since last September.
Baltimore prosecutor announces charges against police officers in Gray death
Baltimore's top prosecutor has announced the filing of criminal charges against the six police officers involved in the death of African-American Freddie Gray.
These include second-degree murder and manslaughter.
State's attorney for Baltimore city Marilyn Mosby also says that Gray's neck injuries were resulted from being handcuffed, shackled by his feet and restrained inside the police car.
US president Barack Obama commented on the case after the charges were announced, saying that the individuals facing charges are entitled to due process.
Gray's death under mysterious circumstances angered the community and led to violent protests in Baltimore after his funeral earlier this week.
Protests have also spread to New York and other major US cities.
Iraq's oil exports increase in April to highest level in decades
Iraq's Oil Ministry has said that the country's crude oil exports in April hit their highest level for decades.
The figure climbed to almost 3.1 million barrels a day in April, compared to about 3 million barrels a day in March.
Meanwhile, official statistics suggest that the April rate of crude oil exports is unprecedented since the 1980s.
Iraq's economy relies on oil for more than 90 percent of its revenue.
Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to a girl
Britain's Duchess of Cambridge has gaven birth to a girl.
The baby was born on Saturday at around 11:00am British Summer Time, at St. Mary's Hospital in west London.
The newborn Princess is fourth in line to the British throne.
Trinidad and Tobago Central Bank slams Moody's downgrade as unjustified
The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago has issued a statement calling the recent downgrade to the country's debt ratings unjustified.
The Central Bank notes that the country is able to fully meet all its debt obligations.
The statement predicts that the nation will continue to experience healthy current account surpluses and strong foreign direct investment despite the sharp drop in oil prices.
International ratings agency Moody's Investors Service downgraded the nation's government bond and issuer ratings from Baa1 to Baa2 on Thursday.
It blamed persistent fiscal deficits and challenging prospects for fiscal reform for the downgrade.
The twin-island nation's fiscal accounts have been reporting recurring deficits since 2009.
Eric Chu arrives in Shanghai-update
The Chairman of Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang party Eric Chu is in Shanghai leading a delegation attending the 10th Cross-Strait Economic, Trade and Culture Forum, scheduled for Sunday.
The forum will focus on small and medium-sized companies, youth and ordinary people, and aims to build a consensus and promote the peaceful development of cross-Straits relations.
Officials from the Communist Party of China, the Kuomintang party, as well as representatives of small and medium-sized companies from both sides of the Strait will take part in the event.
1 killed, 2,000 evacuated as rainstorms batter central China
Heavy rain has been pounding parts of central China's Hunan Province since Thursday.
As of Saturday morning, one person had died and almost 2,000 had been evacuated.
The rain has affected over 25,000 people, disrupting traffic and flooding farmland.
The rain is forecast to last until next Wednesday, and meteorologists have warned of the possibility of landslides.
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