At least 20 killed as magnitude-6.3 earthquake strikes northern Afghanistan
Pacific Asia • Nov 3, 2025, 1:42 AM
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A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck northern Afghanistan overnight Sunday into Monday, killing more than 20 people and injuring more than 500, provincial officials said. The quake, at a depth of 28km (17 miles) near Mazar-i-Sharif, hit just two months after a tremor in the east killed more than 2,200.
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North Korea's former symbolic head of state Kim Yong Nam dies
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North Korea's former ceremonial head of state Kim Yong Nam has died at age 97, state media reported on Tuesday. Kim Yong Nam defied the country's purge-prone political scene to serve as head of parliament for 20 years, a role experts suspect he retained
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North Korea fires artillery rockets ahead of US defence secretary's border visit, Seoul says
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Pyongyang fired around 10 rockets an hour before US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday visited the demilitarised zone between North and South Korea, Seoul said on Tuesday.
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