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A major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 struck about 535 km southeast of the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Friday.

Maldives' new law will criminalise free speech on vague grounds and is a "direct attack" on the exercise of the right to freedom of expression in the country, said a top UN human rights expert

The Madhesis and various indigenous nationalities have been demanding the identity based federalism to be incorporated in the statute, that was promulgated in September last year.

An extensive underwater hunt in the southern Indian Ocean has not yet found the crash site, fueling speculation it may be outside the current search zone, particularly if someone was at the controls at the end of the flight.

Seven people, including a new-born baby, are feared killed when a private chopper crashed in a forest area in Nepal on Monday.

Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has gained a whopping 15% national lead over her Republican rival Donald Trump: Survey

"The group, founded by a former TTP leader in August 2014, has staged multiple attacks in the region targeting civilians, religious minorities, military personnel, and law enforcement," the announcement said.

"Mr Trump scares me, scares the hell out of me to be quite frank with you," New York police commissioner Bill Bratton told CBS News a day after announcing that he would retire in September.

The video then tries to contrast this with Trump's promises and vision.

One police officer died and another was wounded after being shot in a San Diego.

Striking a personal chord, Obama said he is "more optimistic about the future of America than ever before".

As many as 225 people have been killed or missing in heavy torrential rains and floods that have wreaked havoc in China with about 2.5 lakh people still trapped in the central Hubei Province.

No group has so far claimed responsibility for the blast.

Retail industry experts also said that at this point big iconic brands don't appear to be the targets it's just that many of them happen to be at public places that are vulnerable to attacks.

Clinton's one-line tweet came midway through a sweeping acceptance speech in which Trump attacked the Democratic former secretary of state for a legacy of "death, destruction, terrorism and weakness".

Donald Trump has officially accepted the Republican Party's nomination as candidate for the White House.