JAKARTA -- A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off North Sulawesi province in central Indonesia on Friday evening but did not trigger a tsunami, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.

The quake happened at 18:48 p.m. Jakarta time (1148 GMT), with its epicenter being 117 km southeast of Bolaang Mongondow Timur (East Bolaang Mongondow) district and a depth of 10 km under the seabed, the agency reported. (Indonesia-Earthquake)

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TOKYO -- Japanese ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmaker Masatoshi Akimoto resigned Friday amid allegations that he accepted bribes from a wind power generation company, local media reported.

The 47-year-old fourth-term House of Representatives member proposed to step down from his current post of parliamentary vice foreign minister, with the Foreign Ministry saying in a press release that he had made a "request", without providing a specific reason, according to national news agency Kyodo. (Japan-Lawmaker-Resignation-Bribery)

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ISLAMABAD -- Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that timely decisions and combined global actions are needed to fight adverse impacts of climate change.

Pakistan is one of the worst-affected countries by climate change. While addressing a seminar on climate change on Thursday, the prime minister urged the international community to stand for the future and work hard as the calamities like flash floods in Pakistan could hit any other country too. (Pakistan-Climate Change-Global Actions)

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HANOI -- Vietnam will consider a direct power purchase agreement (DPPA) mechanism between renewable power generators and large electricity users without going through its state utility EVN, local media reported on Friday.

If approved, the buying and selling of electricity would be conducted through a private transmission line invested by the private sector, local newspaper Vietnam News reported, citing the Ministry of Industry and Trade. (Vietnam-Renewable Energy) Enditem

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