A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif early yesterday, killing at least 20 people, injuring hundreds and damaging the city’s historic Blue Mosque, authorities said, with the death toll likely to rise.

The Supreme Court in Nepal has ordered a halt to the recall of nearly a dozen ambassadors, a lawyer said yesterday, in a setback for Prime Minister Sushila Karki and her interim government.

Over 36,000 Sudanese civilians have fled towns and villages in the Kordofan region east of Darfur, the United Nations said, just over a week after paramilitary forces overran the city of El-Fasher.

The Pakistan Navy expects its first Chinese-designed submarine to enter active service next year, the country’s top admiral told Chinese state media, bolstering Beijing’s bid to counter regional rival India and project power toward the Middle East.

Hamas is “determined” to stick to the Gaza truce, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erodgan said yesterday, adding it was crucial that Muslim nations play a leading role in the Palestinian territory’s reconstruction.

New Yorkers are set to pick a new mayor today after an unpredictable race that has drawn attention from far beyond the largest city in the US, with President Donald Trump branding frontrunner Zohran Mamdani “a communist”.

Around 7,35,000 people have cast early ballots in the New York mayoral election, nearly four times as the last election, according to the city’s Board of Elections.

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The earthquake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif

Israel warned yesterday that its military would step up its attacks against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, a day after the Lebanese health ministry reported four people killed in an Israeli air strike.

A supermarket explosion killed at least 23 people in northern Mexico yesterday, according to local officials, with investigators saying the blast was an accident possibly caused by a faulty electric transformer.

Iran said yesterday that it would rebuild nuclear sites damaged by Israeli and US strikes “stronger than before”, as mediator Oman urged Tehran and Washington to revive stalled diplomacy.

A Ukrainian drone attack damaged at least two foreign vessels and the oil terminal infrastructure at Russia’s key Black Sea port of Tuapse yesterday, as Kyiv tries to undermine Russia’s war effort by targeting its energy infrastructure.

Selling for nearly $1,000 a cup, a cafe in Dubai is offering the world’s most expensive coffee, brewed from Panamanian beans sold at a premium price.

Former Democratic President Barack Obama called New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani Saturday and offered to be a “sounding board” if the 34-year-old frontrunner wins the election. He also praised Mamdani’s campaign.

US President Donald Trump on Saturday said he has asked the Defense Department to prepare for possible “fast” military action in Nigeria if the West African nation fails to crack down on the killing of Christians.

An Israeli airstrike killed a Palestinian man in the Gaza Strip yesterday, health authorities said, as Israel and Hamas traded blame for daily violations of a fragile truce that has largely halted two years of war.