A 6.3 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Indonesia's Luzon island, swaying buildings as far away as the capital.
Officegoers and students were briefly evacuated from buildings in Manila, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 13:28 (local time) and the epicentre was 168km deep.
Columns of smoke seen, explosions heard in Venezuelan capital
Airplanes, loud noises and at least one columns of smoke were being heard and seen in Venezuelan capital Caracas in the early hours of Saturday morning, and the southern area of the city, near a major military base, was without electricity.
Russian strike on Ukraine's Kharkiv kills two, injures 25
Russian missiles struck a multi-storey apartment building in Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine on Friday, leaving the building in ruins and killing at least two people and injuring about 25 more, officials said.
Two dead as strong earthquake hits Mexico
A powerful earthquake shook southern Mexico on Friday morning, damaging roads and hospitals and briefly interrupting President Claudia Sheinbaum's first press conference of the new year.
US says it thwarted potential IS-inspired New Year's Eve attack
The US Justice Department said on Friday it thwarted an alleged plan by a North Carolina man to carry out an IS-inspired attack using knives and hammers on New Year’s Eve.
Swiss face painful task of identifying victims of deadly fire
Investigators on Friday set about the painful task of identifying the burned bodies of a blaze that engulfed a crowded bar and killed around 40 people at a New Year's Eve party in the upscale Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana.
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