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A 24-year-old Sri Lankan migrant worker, Anojan Sivarasa, has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for blasphemy over a Facebook comment insulting the Prophet Muhammad. Sivarasa deleted the comment and posted an apology, but screenshots were sent to his employer, leading to his arrest in July. He was initially sentenced to five years in prison and fined 3 million Saudi riyals, but prosecutors appealed for the case to be handled under Sharia law, and an appellate court imposed the death penalty on 17 September. Sri Lanka is seeking clemency, with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake promising to pursue a pardon and a legal delegation travelling to Saudi Arabia

3 wounded after Mi-8 helicopter crash-landed in Kamchatka

LoP, Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi and LoP, Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge along with INDIA bloc MPs during a protest march from Parliament to the office of the Election Commission of India in Delhi ANI Photos by Rahul Singh

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - Izu Islands, Japan region

Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 86 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia

Fuel from South Korea being shipped to Russia as Ukraine war grinds on Guardian analysis finds more than 150,000 tonnes of fuel was shipped to Russian ports in July and August, some using sanctioned tankers

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 31 km S of Tezpur, India

Rubio held calls en route to Iceland with Mongolia's Foreign Minister Battsetseg, Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Bayramov and Israeli PM Netanyahu

A U.S. Marine is accused of robbing and a woman in Okinawa, sparking official condemnation and protest from Japanese officials

Afghan Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said tensions with Pakistan can be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy. He accused Pakistan's military of relying on force rather than political understanding, while saying Afghanistan has a legitimate right to defend itself against aggression

Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 191 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines

Japanese chief cabinet secretary Minoru Kihara said on Monday that there are no plans for a fresh release of crude oil from national reserves as the country had already released crude supplies, despite a G7 agreement to release 100 million barrels of diesel and crude from emergency reserves. "There are no plans to carry out a further release," Kihara said at a news conference

The FBI arrested a 34-year-old California woman who has been charged with acting as an unregistered agent for China and allegedly surveilled the Taiwanese president's son and his family, federal officials said

Britain is expected to impose tariffs on Chinese electric cars over concerns that Beijing is dumping state-subsidized vehicles into the UK market. Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds is preparing possible tariffs, with ministers reportedly considering matching the EU's levy of up to 45%. Source: The Times

Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 32 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 110 km S of Dampit, Indonesia

Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 43 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia

Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - 37 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia

North Korea test-fired a hypersonic missile, claiming it hit a sea target 1,000 km away using a "wave-like trajectory" designed to evade radar. South Korea and Japan tracked a shorter flight of about 680–700 km. Photos show a cone-shaped warhead on a solid-fuel booster. If the 1,000 km range holds, Japanese bases at Sasebo and Iwakuni would be within reach

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 121 km WNW of Chauk, Burma (Myanmar)

Earthquake of magnitude 5.6 - 80 km S of Banda Aceh, Indonesia

Earthquake of magnitude 5.9 - 39 km WSW of Tambolaka, Indonesia

Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 - 182 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia

Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 72 km NE of Sittwe, Burma (Myanmar)

According to the North Korean state-run news agency KCNA, the missile tested last night was an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) that reportedly used AI in it mid-course and/or terminal phase for correction and a maneuvering reentry vehicle (MaRV). North Korean claims of AI an MaRVs during such tests is not abnormal, as such claims have been made in the past. Photo is of a North Korean IRBM test but not the most recent one

Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 112 km S of Koshima, Japan

Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - 163 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 121 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 174 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia

Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 153 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia