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Similarly, he said, France was also struggling, while Italy had expressed fears that it might become Europe's refugee camp.

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz supremo lashed out at former ISI chief Gen Faiz Hamid for his role in ousting him from power in 2017.

Fears are growing that survivors awaiting rescue could succumb to the bitter cold, with temperatures at the epicentre in Gansu's Jishishan county expected to dip as low as - 17 degrees Celsius.

Militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad accuse Israel, which denies responsibility and blames a misfired rocket by Islamic Jihad for that blast.

According to the National Seismic Monitoring Centre (NSMC), the tremor occurred at a depth of 133 km and its epicentre was Jammu and Kashmir in India.

The replicated voice of Imran Khan was used to address a virtual event on social media watched by more than a million people. The four-minute speech was written by Khan in prison and delivered by AI.

The earthquake left more than 300 people injured, damaged houses and roads, and knocked out power and communication lines.

A total of 11,729 residents had been evacuated from Mindanao's east and north coast ahead of landfall as a precaution.

Japan, which also has territorial and other disputes with China, is hiking defence spending and has expanded security cooperation with countries across the Asia-Pacific region.

Bilateral trade between the two nations has doubled from USD 5.4 billion in 2020-21 to USD 12.3 billion in 2022-23.

Around 250 people were taken hostage during Palestinian militant group Hamas's October 7 attacks on Israel.

The Gaza Strip is facing dire humanitarian conditions after more than two months of the war, with displaced people forced to squeeze into shelters mainly in the south.

The deaths were announced as a US envoy tried to persuade the Israelis to scale back their campaign sooner rather than later.

A terrorist blew himself up at the main entrance of the police office and residence block and the others stormed in. The attack was claimed by a new militant group, Ansarul Jihad.

Slippery tracks prompted automatic braking on the leading train. A train following from behind was on a descending section and went into a skid and was unable to brake in time.

On October 23, a five-member SC bench had prohibited civilians being tried in military courts for their alleged role in attacks on army installations after the arrest of Khan on May 9

The early-morning attack targeted a base in Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, near the Afghan border, according to a local official who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Chinese exports -- long a key growth driver -- had largely been in decline since last October, except for a short-lived rebound in March and April.