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Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday canceled a trip to Central Asia after earthquake scientists warned the country should prepare for a possible “megaquake.” The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued the advisory on Thursday after eight people were on injured by a tremor of magnitude 7.1 in
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Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will return to her country when its new caretaker government decides to hold elections, her son said, but it was not clear if she would contest. Hasina fled to neighboring India on Monday after weeks of deadly protests forced her to quit. A caretaker
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who has claimed reelection following a disputed vote, said Thursday that social media platform X would be blocked in the country for 10 days. The state agency in charge of telecommunications will “remove the social network X, formerly known as Twitter, from circulation in Venezuela for
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Hundreds of Bangladeshi Hindus have tried unsuccessfully to flee to India this week after many homes and businesses of the minority community were vandalized following the overthrow of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council said that 45 out of 64 districts in the country had
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US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Thursday he is willing to debate his Democratic rival Kamala Harris three times in September on different networks, as he tried to win back momentum from the Democratic vice president’s newly galvanized campaign. ABC News said on X that it would
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Carles Puigdemont, the former leader of Catalonia who fled Spain over his role in a failed 2017 independence bid for the wealthy region, returned to Spain on Thursday after seven years on the run despite a pending arrest warrant. Puigdemont shouted “Long live a free Catalonia!” as he climbed onto
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Thailand’s main opposition Move Forward Party (MFP) will select a new leader on Thursday, a senior official said, before it relaunches under a new name to counter a court-mandated dissolution. The Constitutional Court in Bangkok, Thailand’s top court, voted unanimously on Wednesday to dissolve the MFP, the vanguard
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At least 20 people were killed when a wooden boat caught fire and exploded on a river in Nigeria’s coastal state of Bayelsa on Wednesday, a police spokesperson said. The boat was carrying traders taking goods to coastal communities, Bayelsa police spokesperson Musa Muhammed said on Thursday. Traders make
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A 6.9-magnitude earthquake followed by a 7.1 tremor struck off southern Japan on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey said. Tsunamis of up to one meter were expected to arrive or have arrived in some coastal areas in Kyushu and Shikoku islands, broadcaster NHK reported. The first quake
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Flooding triggered by torrential rain has left 45 people dead in Yemen in recent days, according to tolls given Wednesday by a United Nations agency and a local official. Flash floods caused 15 deaths in Maqbanah in the southwestern province of Taez on Friday, UN humanitarian agency OCHA said on
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Egypt’s civil aviation ministry confirmed Wednesday that it has sent a notice to all Egyptian airlines to avoid flying over Iranian airspace on Aug. 7 from 11:30 to 14:30 and from 4:30 to 7:30 on Aug. 8 Tehran time due to military exercises, the ministry
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Police in France investigating the sabotage of high-speed rail lines hours before the Paris Olympics’ Opening Ceremony have asked the US FBI for help, two sources with direct knowledge of the French inquiry said. Investigators called in the FBI after media organizations, including Reuters, received an email the police believe
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The UAE urged its citizens to leave Bangladesh immediately and return “as soon as possible” due the ongoing protests that have engulfed the country. “In light of current events unfolding in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, the UAE Embassy in Dhaka urges all its citizens in the country to
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Swedish prosecutors on Wednesday charged a Swedish-Danish right-wing activist with inciting ethnic hatred by desecrating and burning a Qur'an in 2022. Rasmus Paludan, who has been convicted for racist abuse in the past, provoked rioting in Sweden in 2022 when he went on a tour of the country
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French cybercrime police are investigating a ransomware attack against the Grand Palais exhibition hall in Paris where Olympic events including fencing and Taekwondo are being held, Paris prosecutors said on Tuesday. They said cyber criminals had targeted the institution’s central computer system, but the incident had not caused any
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At least four people were killed as Tropical Storm Debby drenched Florida on Monday, threatening southeastern US states with heavy rainfall and catastrophic flooding. A 13-year-old boy died when a tree was blown onto a mobile home in Levy County, the sheriff’s office there said, after Debby made landfall