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Jakarta, Indonesia : At least three people have died in Bali after a magnitude 4.8 earthquake hit the Indonesian island in the early hours of Saturday, damaging buildings and leaving people trapped in the rubble. The earthquake damaged buildings in Karangasem and Bangli regencies on the east of the island, the Bali Province Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) said in a statement Saturday. Rescue efforts are continuing in Karangasem where people remain trapped in the ruins of a building. Seven people are seriously injured, and one person is dead. Two people died in Bangli, where landslides caused by the quake blocked…

The Daesh group on Saturday claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on a Shiite mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar that killed at least 47 people and injured scores more. Suicide bombers attacked a mosque packed with worshippers attending Friday prayers in southern Afghanistan, a Taliban official said. The Friday assault came just a week after another Daesh-claimed attack on Shiite worshippers at a mosque in the northern city of Kunduz that killed more than 60 people.

New Delhi : India reopened to fully vaccinated foreign tourists traveling on chartered flights on Friday in the latest easing of its coronavirus restrictions as infection numbers decline. Foreign tourists on regular flights will be able to enter India starting Nov. 15, said an AP report today. It is the first time India has allowed foreign tourists to enter the country since March 2020 when it imposed its first nationwide coronavirus lockdown. It is unclear whether arriving tourists will have to quarantine but they must be fully vaccinated and test negative for the virus within 72 hours of their flight.…

Rome :  New measures against Covid-19 will come into force in Italy on Friday, where every employee now must have a so-called “green pass,” showing proof of vaccination, recovery from or a negative test for Covid-19. The new measures, which affect some 23 million employees in the private or public sector across Italy, are controversial and have been met with some resistance, said dpa international. Critics have been campaigning against the measures, which are being introduced to allow further Covid-19 relaxations. Rome police arrested 12 people – including two leaders of a far-right party – after protests against coronavirus restrictions…

Leigh-On-Sea, England : A British lawmaker was stabbed to death on Friday in a church by a man who lunged at him at a meeting with voters from his electoral district, knifing him repeatedly. David Amess, a 69-year-old lawmaker from Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party, was attacked at around midday at a meeting at the Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea, east of London. “He was treated by emergency services but, sadly, died at the scene,” police said. “A 25-year-old man was quickly arrested after officers arrived at the scene on suspicion of murder and a knife was recovered.” Armed…

Bahrain : The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) endeavors to maintain a leading position promoting digitalisation and increasing innovative financial services.  As part of the ongoing efforts towards digital transformation a reality in the National Payment Systems in the Kingdom of Bahrain, the CBB has taken the initiative to introduce electronic cheques (e-Cheques), complementing the traditional paper cheques, a popular payment instrument in Bahrain. e-Cheques, which will come into effect on 19 October 2021, have a special significance as they will retain all basic functions, legal validity and benefits of paper cheques while providing additional benefits including entirely paperless payment…

Russia:  The Government of the Russian Federation has decided to allow the citizens of the Kingdom of Bahrain to obtain electronic visas to enter the Russian territory, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Russian Federation, Ahmed Abdulrahman Al-Saati, has revealed. The ambassador said that the Russian Prime Minister, Mikhail Mishustin, had ratified a decision allowing Bahraini citizens to obtain entry visas and the grace period for Bahraini citizens to stay in the Russian Federation will be increased from 8 to 16 days. He added that the electronic visa will be issued online for tourist, commercial, humanitarian trips…

Riyadh: The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud today issued the following royal orders: – Establishing an authority for development of Yanbu, Umluj, Al-Wajh and Duba. – Relieving Dr. Tawfiq bin Fawzan bin Mohammed Al-Rabiah of his post as Minister of Health, and appointing Fahad bin Abdulrahman bin Dahes Al-Jalajel as Minister of Health. – Appointing Dr. Tawfiq bin Fawzan bin Mohammed Al-Rabiah as Minister of Hajj and Umrah. – Promoting Lieutenant General Mutlaq bin Salem bin Mutlaq Al-Azima to the rank of General, and appointing him as Commander of the Joint Forces. – Relieving Abdulaziz bin Abdurrahman bin…

Manama: Cordoba CF edged past Juventud Torremolinos in the round of 16 of Spanish Federation Cup. Córdoba CF staged a comeback to beat Juventud Torremolinos 2-1 and book a berth in the RFEF Cup quarterfinals. His Majesty the King’s Representative for Humanitarian Work and Youth Affairs His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa praised the performance of the team under Bahraini presidency. He hailed players’ winning spirit and strong determination to achieve good results, which will motivate them to continue their unbeaten run in the coming matches. Javi Lopez scored the first goal for Juventud Torremolinos before Córdoba CF bounced back…

Tokyo :  Asian shares were mostly higher on Thursday, tracking an overnight rally on Wall Street as investors sought out bargains, including technology stocks. Benchmarks rose in Tokyo, Seoul and Sydney. Markets in Hong Kong were closed for a holiday. The Shanghai Composite index was little changed, at 3,561.91, after the government reported a surge in producer price inflation, which rose to a record 10.7% over a year earlier in September from 9.5% in August. Much of the increase was due to surging coal prices, which appear not to have fed into consumer prices even as parts of the country…