President Gustavo Petro says freeing the seized soldiers ‘is imperative’. The Colombian army says more than 50 soldiers have been seized by civilians in a southwest mountainous area. A platoon of soldiers was the first to be seized on Saturday during an operation in El Tambo, a municipality that is part of an area known … Read more
Amid reports of strikes in southwest Iran: ‘Earthquakes in Qom and Tehran’ Ynetnews Map: 5.1-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Iran The New York Times 5.1-magnitude quake rattles northern Iran amid Israel war The Times of Israel Huge earthquake strikes Iran as Israel bombing raid rains down on Tehran GB News Iran hit with 5.1-magnitude earthquake near Fordow nuclear site The Mirror US … Read more
CNN — Japan’s Meteorological Agency has issued a tsunami advisory after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of southwest Japan. The quake struck shortly after 9:19 p.m. local time (7:19 a.m. ET), the agency said, triggering an advisory for Miyazaki province, in the island of Kyushu, as well as Japan’s southern Kochi prefecture. … Read more
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says perpetrators of attack ‘should be identified and given exemplary punishment’. A bomb blast near a police office in southwestern Pakistan has killed at least two children and injured 16 people, authorities have said. Seven policemen were among those wounded when the remote-controlled bomb attached to a motorcycle detonated in Pishin … Read more