Photographs of the destruction published by news networks showed entire buildings left in rubble and cars turned over on their sides as people climbed through the debris in darkness.

US President Joe Biden on Friday warned Iran that the United States would “act forcefully” to protect Americans.

Congress party leader Gandhi was disqualified as a lawmaker on Friday, a day after he was found guilty of defamation by a lower court.

The statement comes weeks after the ICC issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Putin accusing him of the war crime of illegally deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine.

Honduras is one of only 14 countries to formally recognise Taiwan, whom China views as one of its provinces with no right to state-to-state ties.

On the first state visits of his reign, the new monarch and his wife Camilla, the Queen Consort, were going first to France before heading on to Germany.

Moscow has repeatedly denied accusations that its forces have committed atrocities during the invasion, which it claims is a “special military operation”.

Gandhi’s jail sentence has been suspended for 30 days allowing him to appeal to a higher court but he will also not be able to contest the next general election unless he gets his conviction suspended or overturned.

Gandhi, 52, a scion of the Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty, was convicted on Thursday for a 2019 speech in which he referred to thieves as having the surname Modi.

North Korea also said it had fired cruise missiles on Wednesday to practice carrying out tactical nuclear attacks, confirming earlier reports from the South Korean military.

The blasts occurred in the exclusive economic zones of Sweden and Denmark. Both countries say the explosions were deliberate, but have yet to determine who was responsible.

The US intelligence community assessed that the one-way attack drone was Iranian in origin, the military said, a conclusion that could further aggravate already strained tensions between Washington and Tehran.

Gandhi was found guilty of defamation by a magistrate’s court in Gujarat for an election speech he made in 2019 in which he referred to thieves having Modi as their surnames.

The company faces growing calls from lawmakers who are pressuring the Biden administration to ban the app over concerns that Americans’ user data could fall into the hands of the Chinese government.

Most protests have been peaceful, but anger has mounted since the government pushed the bill through parliament without a vote last week.