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At least 20 people have been killed and more than 300 injured after a powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck near Mazar-i-Sharif, damaging homes and historic sites as rescuers race to reach survivors.

Kenya deployed a contingent of around 264 soldiers to the region from December 2000, based in Gleno, Ermera district after decades of conflict.

Shelter needs are extreme, with an estimated 90 per cent of the population displaced and at least 1.5 million people urgently requiring emergency shelter assistance.

Despite the truce agreement stipulating that the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt would reopen for the movement of people and aid, Israel has largely kept it closed, limiting medical evacuations and deepening concerns about the ceasefire's sustainability.

Egypt and Qatar remain central to shaping Gaza's postwar future. Saudi Arabia and the UAE have been outspoken in calling for the disarmament of Hamas as a prerequisite for their support.

Reports indicate that Indonesia's 580 MPs take roughly five recesses per year, during which they visit electoral districts and gather feedback from residents.

Southeast Asia once had the highest rates of tobacco use, affecting three-quarters of men. But the region has cut smoking rates by more than a quarter. Europe is now the smokiest place on Earth.

According to Gaza's health ministry, at least 461 people, including 157 children, have died from malnutrition since the war began in October 2023, most of them in 2025.

The sudden blizzard trapped trekkers at around 4,900 meters in Karma Valley, a little-known route to Everest's base.

MSF said the attack was carried out by Israeli forces in Gaza, who struck a street where its teams were waiting to take a bus to an MSF field hospital in Deir al-Balah.

According to Chinese state media, nearly 1,000 people were trapped, but around 350 hikers have already been evacuated to safety, while authorities say they have contacted all remaining hikers on the mountain.

Takaichi, 64, overcame two previous failed attempts to secure the top post, defeating rival Shinjiro Koizumi in a runoff vote that highlighted her appeal among the party’s conservative base.

For Kenyan youth with ambitions beyond borders, the K visa may become a fast track to global exposure and, for China, a gateway to African innovation and perspective.

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested in Manila on March 11 and has been held in ICC custody in the Netherlands since then, though he insists the arrest was unlawful.

On Friday, former Supreme Court Chief Justice Sushila Karki took the oath as the interim prime minister, becoming the first woman to head the South Asian country.

The country has been rocked by its most turbulent week in years, with 34 people killed and more than 1,300 injured in clashes as police tried to stop protesters enraged by a social media ban.

China's strategy leans more on building ties than on coercion, with the Index showing that countries engaged through partnerships and cultural exchanges were more likely to back Beijing's positions.

The protests followed the Nepali government’s decision last week to block several social media platforms, including Facebook, YouTube, and X, citing their failure to register with authorities and their use in spreading hate speech, fake news, and fraud.

Around 12,000 people have been directly affected, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

She proposed using financial tracking tools from agencies such as the CBK, the Financial Reporting Centre (FRC), and Safaricom to trace funds handled by rogue recruitment agencies exploiting Kenyan job seekers.

The quake occurred at a shallow depth of 8 kilometres (6 miles) and struck the region at 11:47 p.m. local time (9:17 p.m. CET), according to USGS.

The flooding occurred in Dharali village, located in Uttarkashi district, after a sudden, intense downpour around 1:30 pm local time (08:00 GMT) caused the Kheerganga river to overflow.

The study showed that the potato originated from an ancient hybridization event between the tomato plant and a potato-like plant about 9 million years ago.

Some 40 children, apart from teachers and staff members, were in the school building in India's Rajasthan when the roof collapsed, killing at least four children.

The findings are expected to guide both the Kenyan and South Korean governments in developing targeted policies and interventions.

What makes the achievement more remarkable is that the cable still maintains the standard width of existing fibers, just 0.125 mm, meaning this technology could, in theory, run on the current infrastructure without having to replace the entire global network.

The aircraft was operating Flight AI171 from Ahmedabad to Gatwick and crashed at 8:09 am, coordinated universal time (UTC), immediately after takeoff.

The majority of new measles infections were among school-age children who had only one shot of the measles vaccine.

The final decision rests with the country's Supreme National Security Council.

AUC chairperson Mahamoud Ali Youssouf acknowledged the US government's sovereign right to protect its borders and ensure the security of its citizens but cautioned against unilateral measures that could damage longstanding partnerships.

The report released on June 1, 2025 states that few Haitian government officials still operating are cornered in Pétion-Ville, an affluent hillside neighbourhood now surrounded by gang-held areas. Thousands of residents are also fleeing the capital as violence intensifies.

The Kenya High Commission in New Delhi has urged its citizens to remain in contact and follow official guidance as the situation develops.

There are fears that the aftershocks may persist for months following such a major earthquake, given that Myanmar is in a highly tectonically active region, OCHA added.

United Nations aid chief Tom Fletcher spent Friday night in Myanmar's second-biggest city, Mandalay, near the epicentre of the quake, posting on X that humanitarian and community groups had led the response to the quake with "courage, skill and determination".

Thousands of people at a rally calling for Yoon's ouster, including hundreds who had camped out overnight, erupted into wild cheers on hearing the ruling, chanting, "We won!"

She admitted to knowing the bag contained illegal substances and disclosed that she had been recruited by a woman named Millicent in Nairobi.

Myanmar's military ruler Min Aung Hlaing said the death toll from Friday's 7.7 magnitude quake reached 2,719 as of Tuesday morning and was expected to surpass 3,000.

The civil war in Myanmar, where the junta seized power in a coup in 2021, has complicated efforts to reach those injured and made homeless by the Southeast Asian nation's biggest quake in a century.

The junta chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, warned that the number of fatalities could go up and his administration faced a challenging situation, state media reported, three days after he made a rare call for international assistance.

The 7.7-magnitude quake, one of Myanmar's strongest in a century, jolted the Southeast Asian nation on Friday, leaving 1,644 people dead, 3,408 injured, and 139 missing, the military government said.

Friday's 7.7 magnitude quake, among the biggest to jolt the Southeast Asian nation in the last century, crippled airports, bridges and highways.

Friday’s quake, which measured 7.7 magnitude and has killed more than 1,600 people, has come at a vulnerable moment for the country, after four years of military rule and civil war that has crippled infrastructure and displaced millions.

Earthquake toll in Myanmar jumps to 1,002 with 2,376 injured

The plate boundary between the India Plate and Eurasia Plate runs approximately north-south, cutting through the middle of the country," said Joanna Faure Walker, a professor and earthquake expert at University College London.

Witnesses in Bangkok said people ran out onto the streets in panic, many of them hotel guests in bathrobes and swimming costumes as water cascaded down from an elevated pool at a luxury hotel.

Prosecutors last month indicted Yoon after accusing him of leading an insurrection with his short-lived imposition of martial law on December 3, 2024.

Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party won 48 of the 70 seats in the Delhi capital district.

Yoon's conservative People Power Party called the court's decision to extend his detention on Sunday a "great pity".