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7.1-magnitude earthquake rattles part of western China, leaving 6 injured

Xinhua cited the China Earthquake Networks Centre as saying the quake rocked Wushu county in Aksu prefecture shortly after 2 am local time

Russia clashes with US, Ukraine supporters, rules out any peace plan

Sergey Lavrov, Russia's top diplomat, claimed that Ukrainian forces have been a complete failure on the battlefield and are incapable of defeating or weakening Russia

EU sanctions 6 firms accused of trying to undermine stability in Sudan

The companies ' assets will be frozen in the EU, and EU citizens are banned from making funds or economic resources available to them

SC allows agents to cut razor wire Texas installed on US-Mexico border

The concertina wire along roughly 48 kilometers of the Rio Grande near the border city of Eagle Pass is part of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's broader fight with the administration

EU pushes for Palestinian statehood, rejecting Netanyahu 's insistence

'The declarations of Benjamin Netanyahu are worrying. There will be a need for a Palestinian state with security guarantees for all,' French Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Sejourne told reporters

Kin of hostages in Gaza storm Israel's parliament asking for release deal

The developments showed the increasing pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has dug in on both fronts

Won't recognise Israel without path to Palestinian state: Saudi official

In September, Netanyahu had said Israel was at the cusp of such a deal, which he said would transform the Middle East

Taliban enforcing restrictions on single, unaccompanied Afghan women: UN

The Taliban have barred women from most areas of public life and stopped girls from going to school beyond the sixth grade as part of harsh measures they imposed after taking power in 2021

South Carolina representative Nancy Mace backs Trump over Nikki Haley

Mace had stayed out of the 2024 Republican primary as two fellow South Carolinians Haley and Sen. Tim Scott entered the race last year

Australian Open 2024: Alcaraz sets up quarterfinal clash against Zverev

The 20-year-old Wimbledon champion missed the season-opening major in 2023 because of injury but is more than making up for lost time

Iran is 'directly involved' in Yemen Houthi rebel ship attacks, says US

Iran is very directly involved in ship attacks that Yemen's Houthi rebels have carried out during Israel's war against Hamas, the US Navy's top Mideast commander told The Associated Press on Monday.

Medvedev, Noskova, Yastremska advance to Australian Open quarterfinals

Medvedev beat Nuno Borges 6-3 7-6(4) 5-7 6-1 on Monday to reach the last eight. He'll play either No. 9 Hubert Hurkacz or French wild-card entry Arthur Cazaux.

Trump may testify in Carroll sex abuse trial, court limits what he can say

In Carroll's case, her lawyers have implored the judge to make Trump swear, before any testimony, that he understands and accepts the court's restrictions on what he can say

Protests against Germany's far-right in Munich end amid safety concerns

The demonstrations came in the wake of a report that right-wing extremists recently met to discuss the deportation of millions of immigrants, including some with German citizenship

Trump celebrates DeSantis' drop out decision, ends feud ahead of 2024 polls

Earlier in the day, DeSantis said via video that he would be ending his campaign two days before New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation GOP primary

Hezbollah official killed, amid apparent Israeli shift to targeted killings

An Israeli airstrike hit two vehicles near a Lebanese army checkpoint in south Lebanon on Sunday, killing a Hezbollah member and wounding several other people, including civilians

Russian private jet carrying six people likely crashed in Afghanistan

The crash happened Saturday in a mountainous area near Zebak district in Badakhshan province, regional spokesman Zabihullah Amiri said, adding that a rescue team had been dispatched to the area

Death toll soars past 25K in Gaza with no end in sight to Israel-Hamas war

At least 178 bodies were brought to Gaza's hospitals in 24 hours along with nearly 300 wounded people, according to Health Ministry spokesperson Ashraf al-Qidra

Storm Isha's rain and wind are expected to batter parts of UK, Ireland

The Met Office issued an unusual blanket wind warning for all of the UK, saying gusts could reach 90 miles per hour (145 kilometers per hour) in places and threaten lives

A century after death of Lenin, he's an afterthought in modern Russia

Many streets and localities that bore his name have been rechristened