MELBOURNE: Drop in temperature has slightly eased the bushfire crisis in Australia's New South Wales region on Friday even as firefighters continued to work to contain the blazes which they claimed could take weeks to extinguish.

RIYADH ( Saudi Arabia): Saudi officials say the country's strict codes against political dissent on the internet will be applied to anyone offering online support for a planned protest by women challenging the male-only driving rules in the ultraconservative kingdom.

Ruto, who is accused of orchestrating a wave of violence after Kenya's contested 2007 election, had asked judges to uphold an earlier ruling that he need only attend the opening and closing sessions of his trial in The Hague, as well as hearings at which victims aired their grievances.

HYDERABAD: Heavy rain triggered by northeast monsoon and a low pressure area over Bay of Bengal lashed several parts of Andhra Pradesh for the fourth consecutive day on Friday, prompting authorities to evacuate thousands of people from low-lying areas.

SRINAGAR: The BJP on Friday said the ceasefire violations along the LoC and International Border in Jammu and Kashmir are totally "unacceptable" and asked the Centre to "teach Pakistan a lesson" through political means.

Kota:The city was on unauthorized vehicles number plates of red and blue light and red bar on the plot in the last part of Advocate Ashok Chaudhary August 3 PIL was introduced in the District Legal Services Authority . 6 officers , including the Chief Secretary, the party was created . 6 Court on Thursday issued notices to the officials said.

Kota . Detainees in the central prison of quota polls have expressed a desire to use the franchise . In this regard, on behalf of the prisoner has sent a letter to the District Collector .

THE HAGUE: A fire in the Netherlands has gutted the birthplace of exotic dancer and World War I spy Mata Hari, Dutch media said on Sunday.

BAGHDAD: Twin bomb attacks on Sunday on a Baghdad cafe killed dozens of people in one of nine suicide attacks across Iraq, which is suffering its worst violence in five years.

MOUNT VICTORIA: Firefighters were racing to tame an enormous blaze in southeastern Australia Monday with officials warning it could merge with others to create a "mega-fire" if weather conditions worsen.