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Magnitude 6.7 earthquake jolts New Zealand’s South Island

A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck off New Zealand’s South Island on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey said. The tremor hit at 2:43pm (0143 GMT) at a depth of 10 kilometres

US-Russia talks on Ukraine war ceasefire to begin in Saudi Arabia

The United States and Russian officials meet in Saudi Arabia on Monday for talks on a partial ceasefire in the Ukraine war, a day after delegates from Washington and Kyiv

Khamenei says US threats ‘will get them nowhere’

Iran’s supreme leader said on Friday that US threats against his country ‘will get them nowhere’, after president Donald Trump warned of possible military action against the Islamic republic. ‘The

Israeli strikes kill 413 in Gaza

Israel vowed on Tuesday to continue fighting in Gaza until all hostages are returned as it unleashed its most intense strikes since a ceasefire, with the health ministry in the

Indonesia to repatriate 561 Myanmar scam centre workers

Shawdesh desk: More than 500 Indonesians freed from online scam centres in Myanmar will be repatriated via Thailand in the coming days, a senior Indonesian official told AFP on Tuesday.

Israel kills more than 325 in Gaza, shatter fragile ceasefire

Shawdesh Desk: At least 326 people were killed as of Tuesday noon in a wave of Israeli aerial attacks across Gaza, the enclave’s Hamas-run health ministry said, shattering any hope

US deports Venezuelans to be jailed in El Salvador, despite court order

The United States has sent over 200 alleged members of a Venezuelan gang to be imprisoned in El Salvador, President Nayib Bukele said Sunday, after US counterpart Donald Trump invoked

Duterte’s lawyers demand his return

Lawyers for former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, believed headed for The Hague to face the International Criminal Court over his deadly crackdown on drugs, filed a petition Wednesday demanding his