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KOTA KINABALU: A powerful earthquake measuring 7.1 struck off Malaysia’s Sabah state on Borneo island early Monday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake hit shortly before 1 a.m. local time and was centered offshore north of Kota Belud,

NEW DELHI: India and France on Tuesday elevated their relationship to what both governments called a “Special Global Strategic Partnership,” rolling out a set of agreements and project launches that linked defence production, artificial intelligence cooperation and civil nuclear energy

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court-ordered medical board has examined jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan after his lawyers and family accused authorities of delaying hospital care for a worsening eye condition. Officials said his vision has improved with treatment, while his

MOZAMBIQUE: Cyclone Gezani killed at least four people in Mozambique’s southern coastal province of Inhambane, with officials reporting deaths caused by falling trees and lightning as the system swept past the shoreline. The National Institute for Disaster Management and Risk

ADDIS ABABA: The African Union opened its 39th ordinary summit in Addis Ababa on Feb. 14, bringing together heads of state and government at the bloc’s headquarters with a focus on water security and sanitation. The meeting’s official theme centers

CAIRO: Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said it has documented a previously unknown rock art site in South Sinai featuring a natural sandstone rock shelter that preserves paintings, carvings and inscriptions spanning thousands of years. The ministry said the

CAIRO: Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said it has documented a previously unknown rock art site in South Sinai featuring a natural sandstone rock shelter that preserves paintings, carvings and inscriptions spanning thousands of years. The ministry said the

MANILA: Philippine authorities said at least 52 people have died and 24 remain missing after the roll on roll off passenger ferry MV Trisha Kerstin 3 sank off Basilan in the country’s south, one of the deadliest maritime incidents this

TOKYO: Japan on Feb. 9 restarted a reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in Niigata Prefecture, bringing the country back to production at the world’s largest nuclear plant by capacity after a late-January shutdown tied to a monitoring alarm.

TAIYUAN: Eight people were killed after an explosion hit a workshop at a biotechnology company in Shanyin County, in the city of Shuozhou in Shanxi province, local authorities said. The blast occurred in the early hours of Saturday, Feb. 7, triggering a search