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U.S. lifting holds on security assistance to Bahrain - State Department | Reuters

WASHINGTON The United States will lift holds on security assistance to the Bahrain Defence Force and National Guard that were put in place after Bahrain cracked down on demonstrations in 2011, the U.S. State Department said on Monday. "While we do not think that the human rights situation in Bahrain is adequate, ...

Navy chopper rescues 20 from listing vessel off Vasai coast near Mumbai

Navy helicopters rescued 20 persons on board a listing merchant ship off Vasai coast in neighbouring Palghar district on Monday.

Assam floods: Tarun Gogoi seeks Rs 9,370 cr from Centre

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday sought a Rs 9,370-crore assistance from the Centre to mitigate the problems faced by floods and rebuild damaged infrastructure, and rehabilitate victims and strengthen embankments.

Haryana CM announces Rs 10 crore aid for flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Friday announced an assistance of Rs 10 crore for the flood-affected people of Jammu and Kashmir.

Jayalalithaa announces Rs 5 crore-aid to flood-hit Kashmir

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Monday announced an assistance of Rs five crores to flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir

MP CM Chouhan announces Rs 5 crore aid for flood-hit Kashmir

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today announced an aid of Rs five crore to flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir.

Punjab CM asks PM Modi to provide Rs 2,330 cr grant for weak monsoon

Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal sought Modi's intervention for providing assistance of Rs 2,330 crore to combat the deficit rainfall.

Myanmar to free most political detainees in year-end amnesty

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar is expect to release most of its prisoners of conscience on Tuesday and scores more awaiting trial, activists said, after the government announced a year-end amnesty for those held for political reasons. State-run MRTV announced the presidential amnesty in a bulletin late on Monday but did not reveal the number due for release, but an organisation that tracks political detainees and assists the government said it expected 230 to be freed and the rest in mid-January.

Myanmar frees 56 political prisoners day after sanctions dropped

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's president announced an amnesty on Tuesday for about 100 prisoners, a senior official said, 56 of whom were confirmed as political detainees by a group monitoring activists held in the country's jails. The release is the latest in a series of amnesties decided by reformist President Thein Sein and came a day after the European Union lifted all sanctions on Myanmar excluding an arms embargo

UN may cut food aid to Syrian refugees due to cash shortage

BEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Tuesday it will halt food aid to 400,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon next month unless it receives urgent new funding.