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There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties from the quake, which the USGS said struck at 3:08 pm (0708 GMT) just off the southern coast of the main Philippine island of Luzon, about 110 kilometres (68 miles) south of Manila.

The missile strike against a Syrian airbase marks the first time the United States has directly attacked the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

The suit could portend a contentious battle between the social network and the US administration over efforts to crack down on government leaks.

US President Donald Trump ordered a massive military strike against Syria on Thursday in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack they blame on President Bashar al-Assad.

It said Guterres feels the decision is based on an "inaccurate perception" of the nature and importance of the work of the UNFPA.

A suicide bomber was behind a blast on the St. Petersburg subway that killed 14 people, Russian investigators said Tuesday, while authorities in the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan identified a suspect as a Kyrgyz-born Russian citizen.

A bomb blast tore through a subway train deep under Russia's second-largest city Monday, killing 11 people and wounding more than 40 in a chaotic scene that left victims sprawled on a smoky platform. Hours later, anguish and fear rose again when police fo...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday the government was considering all possible causes for the blasts in St Petersburg's metro system, including terrorism.

President Donald Trump's son-in-law and daughter are holding onto scores of real estate investments - part of a portfolio of at least $ 240 million in assets - while they serve in White House jobs, according to new financial disclosures.

The White House's handling of intelligence reports on the Russia investigation has been labelled unorthodox and, to the Democrats, suspicious. But when it comes to Donald Trump's relationship with his spy agencies, that's par for the course.

Swedish and Norwegian newspapers on Friday said they would refrain from the tradition of publishing April Fools' Day jokes this year over fears that it might spread "fake news".

"Venezuela repudiates this onslaught by intolerant, right-wing and pro-imperialist governments in Latin America under the orders of the US State Department," the foreign ministry said in a statement.

Scotland's devolved parliament on Tuesday voted to hold a referendum on secession in 2018 or 2019, but the UK government in Westminster must give its approval before any such poll can he held.

US President Donald Trump set the tone for a tense first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping next week by tweeting on Thursday that the United States could no longer tolerate massive trade deficits and job losses.

A senior Tibetan lama at the centre of a long-running row over one of Buddhism's most important titles has abandoned the monkhood altogether after marrying a childhood friend in India, his office said Thursday.

North Korea has conducted another ballistic missile engine test, US defence officials told CNN.