An earthquake registering a magnitude of 7.1 shook Kumamoto on Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu late Tuesday afternoon and a tsunami advisory was temporarily issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit inland on Kyushu island at 16:27 local time (07:27 GMT).

A powerful earthquake hit southern Japan, causing injuries according to the country's prime minister, with some people reportedly trapped in a damaged mall.

A large earthquake struck Japan’s southern Kumamoto Prefecture on Tuesday, sparking tsunami warnings in the region.

Firefighters have warned they are still not in control of a major wildfire near Bordeaux and fears grow that the situation in France and Spain will worsen as a fresh heatwave arrives. More than 300,000 people have been evacuated.

Wildfires in France and Spain that forced the evacuation of more than 300,000 people have stabilized, but extreme heat is forecast to return in the coming days.

Huge wildfires driven by extreme heat scorch France and Spain, forcing evacuations and pushing firefighters to the edge.

French authorities ordered nearly 4,000 more people to evacuate Tuesday from tourist sites on the Atlantic coast as returning heat threatened firefighters’ fragile hold on a vast wildfire west of Bordeaux.

Oman has presented Iran with a plan backed by Gulf states to manage the Strait of Hormuz, including collecting voluntary fees for using it, ​a Gulf source and a Western diplomat told Reuters on Tuesday.

Oman has won backing from Gulf states for ⁠a ⁠plan that would let Tehran collect voluntary fees to use ⁠the Strait of Hormuz, a Gulf source told Reuters on Tuesday, a path towards ending the disruption to oil trade caused ​by the U.

Mediators are using a lull in the fighting to patch together a quick fix to reopen the strait, hoping it paves the way for substantive talks.

After two weeks of strikes and despite threats from President Trump to escalate the war in Iran by hitting civilian targets, there's a pause in fighting between the two countries. It comes amid progress in talks to reopen the Strait of Hormuz,

Officials said Abdul Ballout, a 21-year-old German-born citizen with Lebanese roots, plowed a vehicle into celebrants at one of Europe's largest Pride events.

The suspect accused of driving a vehicle through Berlin's largest Pride event died in an encounter with police, one day after the attack.

The suspect, identified as 21-year-old Abdul Ballout, was killed in a confrontation with police in a suburb of Berlin, police said.

The suspect in the deadly ramming and stabbing attack at Berlin’s largest LGBTQ+ event was shot and killed in a police operation in Spandau on Sunday, Berlin Police said in a statement.

The Ukrainian capital Kyiv came under ballistic missile attack from Russian forces early on Sunday (July 26), while other regions suffered bombardments later in the day that killed at least four people,

Updated figures show Russia's equipment losses Ukraine's military has published its latest update on Russian battlefield losses, detailing personnel casualties and equipment destroyed over the past 24 hours.

Russia launched a fresh wave of ballistic missiles and drones across Ukraine early Sunday, striking Kyiv and several other regions in attacks that killed at least six people and injured dozens, according to

A raging wildfire in southwest France forced the evacuation of 55,000 people overnight Sunday, bringing the total forced out of their homes to a staggering 220,000 in one region alone, as flames crept ever closer to the wine region city of Bordeaux.

The number of survivors of a cargo ship that sank off a Chinese-occupied shoal in the South China Sea has risen to 48 as search and rescue crews hunt for more people who went down with the vessel.

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China has rescued 47 Vietnamese crew members after a cargo vessel sank in the South China Sea amid severe weather conditions. Search operations are continuing for the remaining missing crew members, with Chinese rescue ships,

Video filmed on July 26 shows rescue crews pulling survivors from life rafts after a Vietnamese cargo ship sank in the South China Sea. The latest official reports say 47 of the 62 people on board have been rescued,