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Over 1,500 people have been injured, 80 of them seriously, by the earthquakes [AP]

Troops called in after fresh Japan earthquake

Troops have been called in after a second, more powerful earthquake hit southern Japan, killing 32 people, toppling large buildings and causing a massive landslide just over a day after an earlier deadly tremor.

Johnny Chiang, from Taiwan’s Kuomintang party, displays a video clip showing Taiwanese detained at a police station in Kenya, during a press conference in Taipei on 12 April. Photograph: Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty Images

Taiwan accuses China of forced deportation

The authorities in Taiwan have accused Kenya of using guns and tear gas to force 37 Taiwanese on to a plane bound for mainland China.

Hailstones the size of eggs and torrential rain bring major disruption to parts of southeast China. [CCTV]

Some 150 people trapped in lifts during Hong Kong storm

Emergency services received more than 150 reports of people trapped in lifts across Hong Kong, as storms battered much of southeast China.

The electricity company, CLP Power, told the South China Morning Post that there was a split second voltage dip in the network during the storm.

More than 200 people were injured

Indian temple fire kills at least 100

An explosion and blaze sparked by fireworks have killed at least 100 people at a Hindu temple in the Indian state of Kerala, police say.

The fireworks, which were to be used to celebrate a local new year festival, exploded about 03:30 (22:15 GMT Saturday).

Women and children were among the dead and injured in the bombing

Scores killed in Lahore suicide attack

At least 50 people have been killed and over 100 others injured in a suicide blast outside a public park in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, health ministry officials said.

"The blast was massive and has caused a lot of damage and fatalities," Jam Sajjad Hussain, spokesman for the emergency service "Rescue 112" told Al Jazeera on Sunday.

Most of the injured are women and children, Hussain confirmed.

Police and forensic experts visited the house in Thane where a family gathering had been taking place

Mumbai: Indian man 'kills 14 members of family'

A 35-year-old Indian man killed 14 members of his own family, including seven children and his parents, before killing himself, police say.

Reports suggest Hasnin Warekar laced his family's food with sedatives before slitting their throats.

Aung San Suu Kyi arrived to vote in Yangon amid a large media scrum

Myanmar votes in landmark election

Polls have closed in Myanmar's general election - the first openly contested national election in 25 years after decades of military rule.

Voting was brisk, with many people emerging smiling from polling stations.

Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) is expected to win the most parliamentary seats, although she is barred from the presidency.

The military-backed Union Solidarity Development Party (USDP) has been in power since 2011.

The 247-member National Reform Council rejected the draft charter by 135 votes to 105, with seven abstentions

Thailand constitution: Military's council rejects draft

A council appointed by Thailand's military rulers has rejected a controversial new constitution drafted after last year's coup.

A new committee must now be appointed to write another draft, further setting back elections.

The draft has been widely criticised, in particular a clause which enables a 23-member panel to take over government during a "national crisis".

The army ousted the elected government last year after months of unrest.

Police previously released a sketch of a man - believed to be a foreigner - suspected of planting the bomb, but it is unclear whether he is one of two suspects who have been arrested

Bangkok bomb: Second foreign suspect arrested

A second foreign suspect has been arrested in connection with the deadly bombing at a Bangkok shrine in August, the Thai prime minister has revealed.The male suspect was arrested in Sa Kaeo province, east of Bangkok on the border with Cambodia, Prayuth Chan-ocha told reporters.

Thailand's chief of police Somyot Pumpanmuang made the announcement whilst holding bundles of banknotes

Bangkok police claim reward in Erawan Shrine bomber hunt

Thailand's police chief has announced that he will give an $83,000 (£53,793) public reward to his own men after they apprehended a suspect in the deadly bombing at Bangkok's Erwan Shrine.Somyot Pumpanmuang said the officers deserved it as there had been no public tip-off to help them.The 17 August blast, which the government called the worst such attack in Thailand, killed 20 people.

The arrest is a possible breakthrough for Thai police, says the BBC's Jonathan Head

Bangkok bomb: Thai police charge man 'linked to Erawan blast'

Police in Bangkok have charged a man in connection with the bomb attack that killed 20 people in the Thai capital nearly two weeks ago.Officers say the suspect, who was charged with illegal possession of weapons, was involved in the attack.However, they say he is not the man seen on CCTV footage leaving a bag at the Erawan Shrine before the explosion.

Rescue workers carry a body found at a grave in Thailand near the Malaysian border in May this year.

Malaysia finds another mass grave near Thai border

Malaysian police say another mass grave has been found along its border with Thailand, containing the bodies of 24 people.The grave was discovered in Bukit Wang Burma, in the Wang Kelian area of Malaysia's Perlis state on Saturday, Superintendent N. Venugopal told CNN.Autopsies are being carried out on all the remains at the Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital in Alor Setar, Kedah.

The suspect, in yellow, deposits a backpack on a bench before walking off

CCTV 'shows Bangkok bomb suspect'

Video footage has emerged of a key suspect police want to question in connection with the deadly bomb blast in the Thai capital Bangkok.The footage, from a CCTV camera, shows a man in a yellow shirt leaving a backpack in the Erawan Hindu shrine.At least 20 people died in Monday's explosion, including nine foreigners, and more than 120 were injured.

Top executives detained as China investigates Tianjin warehouse blasts

Ten senior executives of the company that owned the warehouse site that exploded in the Chinese city of Tianjin have been detained, state media reported Tuesday, as authorities promised to investigate the cause of the disaster.Li Liang, the president of Tianjin Dongjiang Port Rui Hai International Logistics Co, which stores and transports chemicals, was among those being held, as was the company's vice president, Cao Haijun, and Song Qi, the chief financial officer.

At least 20 people were injured in the blast

Deadly bomb blast hits Bangkok

A bomb has exploded close to a shrine in the centre of Thailand's capital, Bangkok, police say.Local reports suggest at least 12 people have died and at least 20 more have been injured.The BBC's Jonathan Head, who is at the scene, says there is a huge amount of chaos, with body parts scattered everywhere.The attack took place close to the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok's central Chidlom district.

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