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Worsening air pollution triggered by regional peatland fires forced Malaysia to enact an emergency declaration in Sarawak’s Serian district as the Air Pollutant Index breached the extreme 500 mark. Reaching a peak API reading of 519, the hazardous conditions led

JAKARTA: A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck off Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Tuesday, March 3, shaking parts of Aceh province and sending residents in several communities briefly outdoors, according to official monitoring reports. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded the quake at

MENA Newswire, JAKARTA: At least 14 people were killed and four others remain missing after flash floods swept through Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province, authorities said on Tuesday. The floods were triggered by heavy rainfall on the island of Siau, part

MENA Newswire, TOKYO: A series of powerful earthquakes struck western Japan on Tuesday morning, rattling the Shimane and Tottori prefectures and prompting widespread concern, though no tsunami warning was issued. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) reported that the strongest tremor

KABUL, December 20, 2025: A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region on Friday morning, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). The tremor occurred at a depth of approximately 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), with seismic waves

MANILA, November 6, 2025: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. declared a state of emergency across the Philippines on Thursday after Typhoon Kalmaegi killed at least 114 people and left 127 others missing, making it the country’s deadliest natural disaster this year.