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Merkel appeared unsteady and was shaking as she stood in the midday sun next to visiting Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.

US President Donald Trump has threatened a series of increasingly drastic actions as he has tried to stem the flow of Central American migrants crossing the southern border, which has risen dramatically on his watch.

President Sirisena wanted to halt the proceedings of the Parliamentary Select Committee appointed by the Assembly Speaker to probe the events leading to the attacks that killed 258 people and injured nearly 500.

However, the 73-year-old and three-time former prime minister cannot be released from jail as she has been convicted in two other cases.

The first quake of magnitude 6.0 hit Yibin City in Sichuan province at 10:55 pm on Monday, followed by another magnitude 5.3 tremor on Tuesday morning.

The United States' concerns about a threat from Iran to US forces and interests in the Middle East increased steadily after the attacks on two oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday.

Two people were arrested, police said, adding that they were probing if the shooting was targetedor terrorism-related.

Fawad Chaudhry launched Pakistan's first moon sighting website in May, days before Eid-ul-Fitr, angering many clerics. He had last month announced that Pakistan will observe Eid on June 5 unlike in Saudi Arabia where it was celebrated on June 4.

A 'suspected explosion' near the China-North Korean border caused a small earthquake on Monday, Chinese seismology authorities said.

The epicentre of the earthquake was 133 km northwest of the city of Kupang on Timor island.

The Asian Development Bank's stance assumes significance as cash-strapped Pakistan is trying to overcome a ballooning Balance-of-Payments crisis under PM Imran Khan.

The blackout comes amid a deepening economic crisis in Argentina that has plunged nearly a third of the country into poverty.

Pope Francis, during a visit to a city in central Italy, that was severely damaged by a string of earthquakes in 2016, said he was worried by the ramifications of the attacks.

The WTO says it's granted a request to suspend work until December on the complaint that Beijing has failed to safeguard the intellectual property of US companies operating in China.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Japan's PM that he doesn't consider Trump as a person worthy of exchanging messages with.

Zardari, 63, and his sister are two of the main accused in the money laundering scandal that utilised fake bank accounts to channel illegally gained funds out of the country.