A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck New Zealand's North Island early Sunday.
According to GeoNet, which monitors seismic activity in New Zealand, the earthquake struck out at sea about 50 km north-west of Te Kaha at a depth of 115 km.
It was initially rated as 5.3-magnitude but has been upgraded to 5.9-magnitude.
There were no immediate reports of injury or damage to property.
Tanzania's Hassan declared landslide winner in election marred by violence
Tanzania's electoral commission declared on Saturday that President Samia Suluhu Hassan had won, with nearly 98 per cent of the votes, an election that set off violent protests across the country this week.
Turkey to host Gaza meeting amid ceasefire concerns
Foreign ministers of some Muslim countries will meet in Istanbul on Monday to discuss the Gaza ceasefire and next steps there, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Friday, voicing concern over whether the ceasefire will continue.
Tanzania opposition says hundreds killed in vote protests
Tanzania's main opposition party said on Friday hundreds of people had been killed in protests over elections across the country this week, as the government said it was restoring order after "isolated incidents".
Turkey sentences 11 people to life in prison over ski resort hotel fire
A Turkish court sentenced 11 people to life in prison on Friday over a fire that killed 78 people at a ski resort in northwest Turkey's Bolu mountains in January, state media reported.
China sends its youngest astronaut to 'Heavenly Palace' space station
China's Shenzhou-21 space rocket and its crew including the youngest member of its astronaut corps blasted off on Friday atop a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China, Chinese state media reported.
Israel launches more strikes on Gaza overnight, testing fragile truce
The Israeli military attacked the Gaza Strip for a third day on Thursday night, killing two people, the Palestinian Authority's official news agency said, in another test of a fragile ceasefire agreement.
Trump-Putin summit cancelled, FT reports
The United States cancelled a planned Budapest summit between President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin following Russia's firm stance on hardline demands regarding Ukraine, the Financial Times reported on Friday.
Houthis say 43 detained UN staff to face trial over Israeli attack
Forty-three detained local United Nations staff will face trial on suspicion of links to an Israeli airstrike that assassinated top Houthi leaders in August, the acting foreign minister of Yemen’s Houthi government, Abdulwahid Abu Ras, told Reuters.
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