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Qatar has introduced a series of reforms to its 'kafala' sponsorship system since its selection to host the 2022 World Cup, which set in motion a huge construction programme employing foreign workers.

'President Erdogan's decision didn't surprise me because he's wanted to do that for a long time,' Trump told reporters.

The quake, which was 14 km deep, was centred around 7.7 km from the city of Columbio on Mindanao island at 7:37 pm (11.37 GMT), according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is searching for a new chief following the death of its head, Yukiya Amano, in July.

The siblings had apparently lived in makeshift rooms inside the farm and survived partly on vegetables and animals from a secluded garden on the property.

Georgieva, the first person from an emerging economy to lead the IMF and only the second woman, told the IMF's fall meeting that there was hard work ahead, even at the lender, where women account for just 25% of top jobs.

Sharma's comments came days after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan delivered his maiden speech at the UN General Debate and in his almost 50-minute address, devoted half of his time to India and Kashmir, drumming up hysteria over nuclear war.

The WTO's dispute settlement body, made up of representatives from its 164 members, cleared Washington to take countermeasures against the European Union and Airbus-producing countries Britain, France, Germany and Spain.

Hagibis crashed into the country on Saturday night, but brought hours of heavy rains even before it arrived, causing landslides and filling rivers until they burst their banks.

Three government officials were shot and killed in Kabul, northern Parwan and Charakar. While Taliban has claimed responsibility for one of the death, authorities said the terrorist organisation was also responsible for the other two.

PM Modi and Xi discussed major international and regional issues of common interest in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere in Mahabalipuram in Chennai.

The attack happened at New England Pentacostal Church, a squat white building in the town of 15,000 in the far south of the largely rural state.

Some 100,000 people have fled their homes since Turkey mounted its offensive in northeast Syria on Wednesday, moving away from the border and deeper into the region - which the Kurdish YPG militia and its allies control.

The group founded by Ranjit Singh Boparan confirmed on Thursday that it has entered into a binding contract for the sale of its Matthew Walker Christmas puddings business to Valeo Foods Group.

Since becoming Ethiopian prime minister in April 2018, Abiy Ahmed has aggressively pursued policies that have the potential to upend his country's society and reshape dynamics beyond its borders.

In the 1990s, Peter Handke emerged as a vocal defender of the Serbs during the bloody collapse of the former Yugoslavia, even comparing them to Jews under the Nazis, a remark he later retracted.