Last month, a 6.1-magnitude undersea earthquake struck eastern Indonesia that was felt in Saumlaki and prompted some residents to run outside, though the tremor had no tsunami potential, disaster officials said. The archipelago nation sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire” where tectonic plates collide, causing frequent seismic and volcanic activity in the region. There were also no immediate reports of damage. Tre said there was no potential for the quake to trigger a tsunami. Oil market glut to ebb in 2016, boosting prices Only days after the third anniversary of the attack on a moving bus, Indian police confirmed that the rapist - who is now aged 20 - had completed his spell behind bars even though a court ruling on an appeal against his release is due to be heard today. The youngest convict in an infamous fatal gang-rape in New Delhi has been released from a youth correctional facility, police said yesterday, sparking street protests and angry condemnation from the victim’s parents. The six days of closed-door meetings were strained by repeated violations of a ceasefire aimed at calming tensions between progovernment forces and the Iranbacked Houthi rebels who control Yemen’s capital. Yemen’s warring parties wrapped up peace talks in Switzerland yesterday with no major breakthrough but vowed to meet again next month, even as fighting raged on the ground. Indonesia’s tsunami warning cen-Ī ceasefire in Yemen has been extended by one week on condition that Houthi forces commit to the truce, pan-Arab television station Al Arabiya television reported yesterday, citing the Yemeni government. The agency reported the quake hitting at a depth of 22km. The quake, which was relatively shallow, struck the northeastern corner of Kalimantan on the Indonesian part of Borneo island, 34km (21 miles) north of the coastal city of Tarakan, according to the USGS.
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