Jordan's Public Security Directorate announced that gunmen opened fire inside a church in Karak, Jordan, leaving several dead and injured, according the the Jordan News Agency.
Footage showed rescue workers with torches clambering in the dark through some of the more than 300 houses that Xinhua said collapsed in the 7.0-magnitude quake.
A strong 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck China's Tibet region late Thursday and casualties have been reported, state news agency Xinhua said, citing local authorities.
The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has warned that the current El Niño event could be unprecedented in strength, potentially exceeding monitoring records from the past four decades.
The BBC announced more than 100 job cuts and the closure of two channels Tuesday as the UK broadcaster aims to save 500 million pounds ($668 million) over the next two years.
Nigeria has recorded its first Ebola case of Africa's latest outbreak, in a woman who had travelled from Uganda to the capital Abuja, the government confirmed on Tuesday.
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