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ISLAMABAD: An earthquake that Pakistan’s meteorological agency measured at magnitude 6.2 shook parts of the country late Friday, sending residents into the streets in Islamabad and several northwestern cities, while authorities said initial checks had not produced immediate reports of

LVLIANG: Four workers were killed after a roof collapse late Wednesday at the Guanjiaya coal mine in Xingxian county in northern China’s Shanxi province, with local authorities confirming the deaths early Thursday after an overnight rescue operation. The accident happened

TERNATE: A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the Molucca Sea off eastern Indonesia early Thursday, killing one person, damaging buildings and prompting a tsunami warning that was later lifted after small waves were recorded. The undersea quake hit at a depth of

TOKYO: A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck southern Ibaraki Prefecture in eastern Japan at 10:06 a.m. on Wednesday morning, shaking the Kanto region and causing buildings in Tokyo to sway, while authorities said there was no tsunami warning. The Japan Meteorological

ABU DHABI: UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Abu Dhabi on March 31 for what both sides described as a fraternal visit, with talks centered on regional developments

YAOUNDE: The World Trade Organization’s 14th ministerial conference ended early Monday without agreement on extending the long-running moratorium on customs duties for electronic transmissions, a lapse that sharpened questions about the body’s ability to update trade rules and advance wider

JAKARTA: Indonesia on Saturday began enforcing social media restrictions that bar users under 16 from holding accounts on digital platforms classified as high risk, launching a measure that immediately raises questions over access, enforcement and account removals for millions of

JAKARTA: A strong earthquake struck Indonesia’s Papua region early Friday, with monitoring agencies placing the tremor in the highlands northeast of Yalimo and reporting no tsunami threat. Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency, or BMKG, measured the quake at magnitude

WASHINGTON: U.S. Vice President JD Vance welcomed UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology Sultan Al Jaber to the White House on Wednesday, in a meeting that placed bilateral relations and energy security at the center of talks in Washington.

CAMPO GRANDE: Senior officials and delegates meeting in Brazil this week said migratory species that cross national borders face mounting threats from habitat loss, pollution, climate pressures and poorly planned infrastructure, as the 15th Conference of the Parties to the