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In scenes all too familiar since the start of Syria's war in March 2011, civilians were seen abandoning their homes Thursday, in vehicles or on foot with their belongings on their backs.

The top four leaders of Lashkar-e-Taiba /Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) arrested on Thursday have been identified as Professor Zafar Iqbal, Yahya Aziz, Muhammad Ashraf and Abdul Salam.

Products deemed 'less healthy' must now display labels grading their nutritional and sugar content, with those considered to be most unhealthy banned from appearing in ads across all media platforms.

WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific Dr Takeshi Kasai congratulated Kiribati on eliminating lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem.

The statement came nearly a month after a senior official heading the corridor project announced that Pakistan will allow Indian Sikh pilgrims to visit the holy Kartarpur Sahib from November 9.

This year, World Mental Health Day is focusing on suicide prevention. Keeping this in mind, the WHO has launched an intervention-based campaign — ‘40 seconds of action’.

World Mental Health Day was first celebrated on October 10, 1992 at the initiative of Deputy Secretary-General Richard Hunter.

The September 14 attacks on Aramco plants in Abqaiq and Khurais -- which initially halved the kingdom's crude output and sent global energy markets into a tailspin -- intensified geopolitical tensions in the crude-rich Middle East.

An explosion was heard in a Syrian town near the Turkish border on Wednesday, moments after Ankara announced the start of an anticipated operation against the Kurdish militants.

Ex-defence secretary Hemasiri Fernando and suspended police chief Pujith Jayasundera, were arrested in July after Attorney General Dappula de Livera instructed the authorities to charge them for their failure to prevent the Easter terror attacks.

The Chinese government has, since 2014, exhumed and flattened at least 45 Uighur cemeteries, including 30 in the past two years.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), EEE virus is a rare cause of brain infections (encephalitis).

A total of 35 candidates would be contesting the presidential poll on November 16 - the highest ever in Sri Lanka's history.

The trial is the first to arise out of a sprawling investigation into the so-called Karachi affair, named after the Pakistani city where a bus carrying French defence engineers was blown up in 2002, killing 15 people.

A bomb had been left in a motorcycle that detonated as the bus passed, Nangarhar governor spokesman Ataullah Khogyani said.

The capital's Metropolitan Police say the arrests on suspicion of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance took place Saturday and Sunday.