The quake off the coast of the island of Mindanao had a depth of 30 kilometres (18.6 miles), the USGS added.

US president accused Beijing of reneging on a major Boeing deal

The decision comes after the Trump administration last week lost a court challenge brought by AP

Production is also at its lowest level in more than 60 years, having fallen 4.8 percent in 2024 to 225.8 million hl.

Basra and Najaf airports both closed for the duration of the storm, which began to dissipate on Tuesday morning.

Aimed at avoiding a repeat of the mistakes made during the Covid-19 crisis

The United Nations says the conflict that erupted on April 15, 2023 is the world's worst humanitarian crisis, with 13 million people displaced -- including more than 3.5 million to other countries -- and no sign of peace on the horizon.

"Fewer than 100 days, this administration has done so much damage, and so much destruction"

Beijing unveiled forecast-beating first quarter growth

China dominates global supply chains for rare metals.

Sudan yesterday marked two years of a war that has killed tens of thousands, displaced 13 million and triggered the world’s worst humanitarian crisis -- with no sign of peace.

China is “tearing down walls” and expanding its circle of trading partners, “shaking hands” instead of “shaking fists”, its foreign ministry said yesterday, as Beijing works on diversifying ties amid an escalating trade war with the US.

India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) yesterday filed a chargesheet against Congress MPs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, and Sam Pitroda, the party’s overseas unit chief, in the National Herald money laundering case.

An explosion targeting a police bus in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province killed at least three officers and wounded 16 others yesterday.

Kyiv forces hit Russia’s Kursk region that borders Ukraine with dozens of drones, killing an elderly woman, injuring nine people and sparking fries in several buildings in the region’s administrative centre, Russian authorities said yesterday.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said yesterday he was satisfied with talks with arch-foe the United States but warned they could ultimately prove fruitless.

Mediators Egypt and Qatar have presented a new Israeli proposal for a Gaza ceasefire to Hamas, Egyptian state-affiliated Al Qahera News TV said.

President Donald Trump yesterday threatened to strip Harvard of its tax-exempt status after the elite US university refused to accept far-reaching policy changes ordered by the White House.

Some 3,500 migrant children have died or gone missing in the past decade trying to cross the Mediterranean for Italy, Unicef estimated yesterday, comparable to one child per day.

President Mohamed Muizzu ratified the legislation shortly after it was approved by parliament