The US has ended its export restrictions on American jet engine components and technology to China
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 285 km SSE of Port Blair, India
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - Kuril Islands
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told the European Union’s top diplomat on Wednesday that Beijing cannot afford a Russian loss in Ukraine because it fears the United States would then shift its whole focus to Beijing, according to several people familiar with the exchange.
The Soyuz-2.1a rocket with the Progress MS-31 spacecraft launched from Baikonur. More than 2.6 tons of cargo will be delivered to the ISS
10 hour agoRussia has become the first country to recognize the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The Taliban flag was hung at the country's embassy in Moscow. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, today the Russian authorities officially recognized the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. According to the Russian Ambassador to Kabul Dmitry Zhirnov, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov proposed recognizing the Taliban in order to establish a partnership with Afghanistan.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has canceled his first planned visit to Japan and South Korea to focus on urgent Middle East matters — Nikkei
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 291 km SSE of Port Blair, India
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 7 km ENE of Ruteng, Indonesia
Four people died, 30 missing and 31 survived after a ferry carrying 65 people sank near Bali
Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 - 108 km N of Tatsugō, Japan
Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 - 96 km N of Tatsugō, Japan
Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - 101 km N of Tatsugō, Japan
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 94 km N of Tatsugō, Japan
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 116 km SW of Banda Aceh, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 101 km N of Tatsugō, Japan
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 93 km NNW of Tatsugō, Japan
Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 - 96 km NNW of Tatsugō, Japan
1 day agoEncounter underway in Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir; 2–3 Jaish-e-Mohammed militants trapped as Army, CRPF, and police continue joint operation
1 day agoPresident Trump announces trade deal with Vietnam
1 day agoThe director of the Indonesian Hospital, Dr. Marwan Sultan, was assassinated in an airstrike at Junction 17, west of Gaza City.
Putin met with the President of Kyrgyzstan Zhaparov
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 29 km WNW of Ransiki, Indonesia
Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has delivered a blow to China's security ambitions in the Pacific, declaring his country would "not welcome" any Chinese military bases in the region
South Korea, Poland confirm additional export deal of K2 tanks
Japanese islanders left sleepless after 900 earthquakes hit
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 101 km NNW of Tatsugō, Japan
Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - 99 km NNW of Tatsugō, Japan
Earthquake of magnitude 5.6 - 94 km NNW of Tatsugō, Japan
Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 - 78 km N of Tatsugō, Japan
