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An official said that it was not clear whether the Iranian boats with missiles represented a new military capability that could be used against US forces or were only being moved to shore locations.

The powerful blast took place around 8:45 am (local time) outside Gate number 2 of the Data Darbar shrine, the largest Sufi shrine in South Asia.

Two suspects were in custody — an adult man and a male youth — and both attended the school, police said.

The terror attacks on three luxury hotels and three churches on April 21 killed 257 people, including over 40 foreigners. Ten Indians were among the dead.

Swamped by media and well wishers as they walked through the gates of Insein Prison, on the outskirts of the commercial capital of Yangon, a grinning Wa Lone gave a thumbs up and said he was grateful for the international efforts.

The Israeli military said its tanks and warplanes had hit 350 Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets in Gaza, including a cross-border tunnel, militant training camps and places used to store weapons.

Co-developed by Pak Kin Wong, a professor of biomedical engineering and mechanical engineering, the device uses microtechnology to trap single bacteria cells that can then be viewed under an electron microscope.

Videos on social media showed the plane crash-landing and then speeding along the runway with flames pouring from its fuselage.

Donald Trump's statement represented a reversal; he had said two days earlier that he would leave the matter up to Attorney General William Barr, who had raised no objection to Mueller testifying.

For the study, published in the journal Science, researchers 3D-printed a proof-of-principle — a hydrogel model of a lung-mimicking air sac in which airways deliver oxygen to surrounding blood vessels.

Laura Rittenhouse, who started her own firm, said it's shocking that, with 60 percent of wealth in the United States in women's hands, they typically could not find a woman to handle their investment funds.

The mountaineer, a doctor who worked at a hospital in the city-state, had reached the top of the 8,100-metre (26,500-foot) Annapurna on April 23. However, he failed to return to the nearest camp.

China put a technical hold in March on a fresh proposal to ban Masood Azhar, the head of the Pakistan-based Jaish, which claimed responsibility for the Pulwama terror attack.

In a major diplomatic win for India, the United Nations designated Pakistan-based Azhar as a 'global terrorist' after China lifted its hold on a proposal by the US, the UK and France to blacklist him.

Labour unions and so-called 'yellow vest' protesters were on the streets across France just days after Macron outlined policy proposals including tax cuts worth around 5 billion euros ($5.58 billion).

Despite Sushma Swaraj's appeal, Washington DC may not allow flexibility on the date for exemption as the time frame was fixed by a US statute.