An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted 298 km South-west of Bluff, New Zealand, at 16:36:53 GMT on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said. ....

In a major boost to the bilateral ties between Nepal and India, New Delhi for the first time permitted Kathmandu to sell its electricity in India's power exchange market. ....

US President Joe Biden has criticised the leaders of China and Russia for not turning up to the UN COP26 climate summit currently underway in Glasgow, the BBC reported. ....

Pakistan has strongly condemned a terrorist attack in the Afghan capital Kabul, said a statement from Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ....

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 rocked Indonesia's eastern province of Maluku on Tuesday and no tsunami warning was issued, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said. ....

Yahoo has become the latest US tech company to end its presence in mainland China as tougher regulations are imposed there, BBC reported. ....

At least 13 people were injured in a blast near the Chief Chowk in Balochistan's Kharan on Tuesday afternoon, Samaa TV reported. ....

World leaders were in the UK for day three of the UN Climate Change Conference or COP26 on Tuesday where a wide range of announcements focused on signalling a clear shift from ambition to immediate action. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates on Tuesday and discussed ways to step up activities in India under Mission Innovation -- a multinational initiative to accelerate public and private global clean energy innovations. ....

India's ambitious programme the Green Grids Initiative (GGI) as part of the One Sun One World One Grid (OSOWOG) combining a massive increase in solar and wind power with international grids on every continent, connecting energy-rich locations such as sunny deserts and windy coastlines, was launched on Tuesday at the COP26 here. ....