Japan’s prime minister Fumio Kishida said rescuers were in a “battle against time” as the death toll from the series of strong earthquakes rose to 55.

A magnitude of 7.6 jolted Japan on Monday afternoon damaging buildings and roads, which also prompted the country to issue tsunami warnings along the coast. The tsunami warnings were later lifted on early Tuesday morning.

Forty-eight people were confirmed dead in Ishikawa prefecture on the main central island of Honshu, officials said. Sixte

At least 13 protesters were killed during protests in Kenya, doctors say, and a section of parliament went up in flames as demonstrations against new tax proposals escalated on Tuesday.
An angry crowd broke through police lines to storm parliament in the capital Nairobi before setting parts of it ablaze.
In an address on Tuesday evening, President William Ruto said all means would be deployed to "thwart any attempts by dangerous criminals to undermine the security and stability of our country"

A car has ploughed into a crowd of people killing at least nine in the South Korean capital Seoul, police say.
The traffic accident took place at around 21:30 local time (13:30 BST), they added.
As reported by Yonhap news agency, a man believed to be in his 60s drove the vehicle into pedestrians waiting at a traffic stop.
At least four more people have been taken to hospital.
Police say they are investigating the incident, but warn that casualty numbers might increase.
According to local me

At least 116 people have been killed in a crush at a religious gathering in northern India, police inspector Gen Shalabh Mathur has said.
The incident took place at a satsang (a Hindu religious event) in Hathras district in Uttar Pradesh state.
The victims, including a large number of women and some children, are still being identified.
Survivors have described how the disaster unfolded as they tried to leave the event in Mughalgarhi village.
It is not yet clear what led to the crush. Witnes

The attack, which happened at Military Base 27 in the northern department of Cesar, was attributed to the National Liberation Army (ELN), a Colombian group designated a terrorist organization by the US State Department and the European Union.
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The Israeli military said it shot dead a Palestinian “suspected of hurling a block” at soldiers on Saturday during an operation in the occupied West Bank town of Qabatiya.
[color=#0c0c0c][size=large][font=noto_serif, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif]Video reviewed by CNN shows a soldier shooting the teen when he is just feet away. In an earlier statement, the military did not use the word “susp