Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 81 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia
On Biden and Taiwan, a source familiar with the president's thinking tells there is *no* new US-Taiwan policy. When the president said the US would intervene "militarily", he meant providing weapons, not deploying US forces - consistent with the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 102 km SW of Pagar Alam, Indonesia
Taiwan Ministry of Defense:One PLA Y-8 ASW entered #Taiwan's southwest ADIZ on May 23, 2022
The police said it was alerted to a case of assault in Madras Street on Thursday and found an individual who had suffered lacerations
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 212 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines
Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 - 132 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawachō, Japan
Ukraine ruled out a ceasefire or any territorial concessions to Moscow as Russia stepped up its attack in the eastern and southern parts of the country, pounding the Donbas and Mykolaiv regions with air strikes and artillery fire
2 year agoISKP claimed Sunday's Kabul attack targeting Taliban including TB leaders, confirming that it was a suicide bombing carried out by ISKP member Shahram Mohid. IS communique claims multiple Taliban casualties. As per Taliban sources, it was a motorcycle SVBIED attack
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 54 km WNW of Pariaman, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 243 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan
Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 - 227 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan
Earthquake of magnitude 6.0 - 235 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan
Explosion in Kabul The blast took place on Kabul Airport Road near Esteghlal Hotel. A memorial service is being held at hotel today to mark the anniversary of the assassination of former Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour. three bodies had been removed from the area by Taliban
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 57 km ESE of Shizunai-furukawachō, Japan
"Food security will be a topic of conversation at large at Quad", says US NSA @jakejsullivan on if President Biden will raise issue of Wheat Ban with PM Modi
5.4 magnitude earthquake. 53 km from Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan
"We are prepared for anything North Korea does," @POTUS replies in Seoul re DPRK weapons tests threats. "We've talked through how we'd respond to whatever they do, so I am not concerned if that's what you're suggesting
Earthquake of magnitude 5.4 - 52 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan
Groups assailed the violent dispersal of activists who were on their way to the US Embassy in Manila to protest the visit of US President Joe Biden to South Korea and Japan, with two, including a campus journalist, arrested by the police
Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 - 1 km ENE of Bungahan, Philippines
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 68 km SE of Tondano, Indonesia
Colombo:— Amid worst fuel crisis, Sri Lanka closes schools, asks public officials to work from home
Interfax reports that Russian Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev, during a visit to Astrakhan Region, said Western sanctions have "practically broken the entire logistics system" [in terms of export] in Russia, and now it's necessary to find "new routes"
Off-duty fireman save woman from leaping off Penang Bridge
President Biden, who is currently attending a state dinner with the South Korean president, has signed the massive $40 billion aid package to Ukraine. The bill was flown to Seoul after the Senate passed it in the hours after Biden departed Washington for his trip
Taiwan Ministry of Defense:One PLA aircraft (Y-8 ASW) entered #Taiwan's southwest ADIZ on May 21, 2022
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 102 km SW of Pagar Alam, Indonesia
.@StateDeptSpox: "We remain concerned that the DPRK may attempt to undertake another provocation during the course of the president's visit to Northeast Asia or in the days following that could include another ICBM test, that could include a test of a nuclear weapon
Jammu and Kashmir: Infiltration bid foiled in Tangdhar Sector of district Kupwara, one terrorist killed in encounter with security forces. Police says group of heavily armed militants attempted to infiltrate in Tangdhar Sector of Kupwara in north Kashmir
