According to the China Earthquake Networks Centre (CENC), the quake occurred at 12.05 a.m. and the epicentre was monitored at 30.74 degrees north latitude and 104.46 degrees east longitude, with a depth of 21 km, reports Xinhua news agency. ....

The spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said that Iran will advance its nuclear program with greater determination despite US pressures, according to Tehran Times daily. ....

Iraqi protesters have rejected the appointment of Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi as the country's new Prime Minister over his links to the ruling class. ....

Chinese health authorities on Monday said that the death toll in the country due to the deadly novel coronavirus has increased to 361, with 17,205 infected cases. ....

Small island nation Maldives officially re-joined the Commonwealth on Saturday, it was announced by Commonwealth Secretariat. It joined the Commonwealth in 1982, and withdrew its membership in 2016. ....

The Pakistan government has declared a national emergency to eliminate the attacking swarms of desert locust which are destroying crops on a large scale in Punjab after wiping it out in Sindh, the media reported on Saturday. ....

Britain has officially left the European Union (EU), marking a historic end to its 47-year-long membership of the world's largest trading bloc. ....

A group of nearly 150 Pakistani nationals stuck at an airport China's Xinjiang region for the past four days amidst the deadly coronavirus outbreak have appealed to the Imran Khan-led government in Islamabad to evacuate them. ....

Chinese authorities on Saturday announced that the death toll from the deadly novel coronavirus in the country has increased to 259, with 11,791 infected cases in 31 provincial-level regions. ....

The first type of influenza virus we are exposed to in early childhood dictates our ability to fight the flu for the rest of our lives, according to a new study. ....