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Beijing: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted Kermadec Islands region at 0045 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 29.38 degrees south latitude...

Algiers: Algeria has suspended all government-sponsored sports and cultural activities to show solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, who are now subjected to Israeli airstrikes and siege.The Algerian Ministry of Youth and Sports made the decision "in...

Los Angeles: NASA's Mars helicopter is targeting a new flight on Mars this week, NASA said on Wednesday.The new flight, the 63th on the Red Planet, is scheduled no earlier than Oct 19.The helicopter is expected to fly about...

Manila: Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos left for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday morning to participate in the inaugural summit between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders.In his departure speech, Marcos...

Amman: Jordan has decided to call off the four-way summit here on Wednesday, Jordan's state-run Petra News Agency reported.The summit was planned to bring together King Abdullah II of Jordan, U.S. President Joe Biden, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and...

Algiers: Algeria on Wednesday condemned the "deliberate" strike carried out by Israel on a hospital in Gaza on Tuesday, said the president's office."Algeria condemns, in the strongest terms, the deliberate strike on a hospital in the Gaza Strip by...

Tokyo: A bus carrying elementary school students and a truck collided in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on Wednesday, causing at least 18 children to sustain minor injuries, according to local authorities.The sightseeing bus carrying 34 fourth graders on a...

United Nations: Marking six months since fighting began in Sudan on April 15, a UN spokesman said on Tuesday almost 4,000 people were killed and thousands of others injured.UN humanitarians said the fighting also sent hundreds of thousands of...

Hanoi: Vietnam has reported 99,639 dengue fever cases with 27 deaths since the beginning of this year, the health ministry said on Tuesday.The number of new dengue cases over the past week has decreased compared to the previous week.However,...

Jerusalem: The Israeli military said that the killing of hundreds of people at a hospital in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday was caused by a failed rocket launch by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a militant group in Gaza.The Israel...