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Death toll in Burma, Thailand earthquake rises to more than 1,600 victims
The death toll from the devastating earthquake that rocked Burma and Thailand on Friday has risen sharply to more than 1,650 victims.
The earthquake’s epicenter was in central Burma, where 1,644 have been confirmed dead with nearly 140 people still missing, the nation’s ruling military said Saturday.
The 7.7 magnitude quake knocked down scores of buildings as well as destroyed bridges and highways in what was the deadliest natural disaster to hit the impoverished, war-torn country in years. Burma is also known as Myanmar.
Survivors in Mandalay, Burma’s second-biggest city, dug with their bare hands on Friday in desperate attempts to save those still trapped, lacking heavy machinery and with authorities absent. Burma’s military rulers let in hundreds of foreign rescue personnel on Saturday.
Rescue personnel work at the site of a building that collapsed, following a strong earthquake, in Mandalay, Burma on March 29, 2025. (REUTERS/Stringer)
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The quake struck during Friday prayers across the country, causing the collapse of at least 50 mosques across the country, killing nearly 300 people, the Yangon Khit Thit News Agency reported.
An initial assessment by Burma’s opposition National Unity Government said at least 2,900 buildings, 30 roads and seven bridges had been damaged by the quake.
The quake comes amid a raging civil war that has wrecked the economy and displaced millions. It makes movement around the country both difficult and dangerous, complicating relief efforts and raising fears that the death toll could still rise precipitously.
People drive on a motorbike past a collapsed building in Mandalay on March 28, 2025, after an earthquake in central Burma. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
Airports too have been damaged, further hindering rescue efforts. For instance, satellite photos from Planet Labs PBC show the earthquake toppled the air traffic control tower at Naypyitaw International Airport as if sheered from its base, according to The Associated Press.
The country sits on the Sagaing Fault, a major north-south fault that separates the India plate and the Sunda plate.
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President Donald Trump said the earthquake was «terrible» on Friday and assured that the United States would assist in relief efforts.
«It’s a real bad one, and we will be helping. We’ve already spoken with the country,» Trump said.
In neighboring Thailand, where the quake shook buildings and brought down a skyscraper under construction in the capital Bangkok, at least ten people were killed.
Dramatic footage captured in Bangkok midday Friday showed a 33-story apartment building that was under construction falling down, scattering dust and debris throughout the city’s streets. Bangkok city authorities said earlier Friday that 10 people were killed, 16 were injured.
Water from a separate high-rise building with rooftop pools in Bangkok spilled over the side as they shook and debris fell from many buildings.
Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said the country has now «returned to normalcy.»
Aftershocks were reportedly felt in India and China.
WATCH: Skyscraper in Bangkok collapses after 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocks Burma, Thailand
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Photos and video from Burma showed two hard-hit cities with extensive damage.
In Mandalay, Burma’s second-largest city and close to the epicenter, the earthquake damaged part of the former royal palace and buildings, according to videos and photos released on Facebook social media.
In the Sagaing region just southwest of Mandalay, a 90-year-old bridge collapsed, and some sections of the highway connecting Mandalay and the city of Yangon were also damaged.
In the capital Naypyitaw, the quake damaged religious shrines, sending parts toppling to the ground and some homes.
Christina Shaw, Greg Norman, Bradford Betz Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Ataques iraníes redujeron en 600.000 barriles diarios la producción petrolera de Arabia Saudita
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Arabia Saudita informó este jueves que los ataques de represalia iraníes contra sus instalaciones energéticas provocaron una reducción de 600.000 barriles diarios en la capacidad de producción del reino y dejaron fuera de operación un tramo clave del oleoducto Este-Oeste, la arteria que desde el cierre del Estrecho de Ormuz funciona como la única vía de exportación de crudo disponible para el país. La información la dio a conocer una fuente del Ministerio de Energía a través de la agencia oficial saudí SPA.
Según el mismo comunicado, los ataques contra la planta de producción de Manifa y la de Khurais ocasionaron cada una una caída de 300.000 barriles diarios, lo que suma el total de 600.000 barriles de merma productiva. El golpe más grave para los mercados internacionales llegó, sin embargo, a través de la infraestructura de transporte: las acciones iraníes contra una estación del oleoducto Este-Oeste provocaron una pérdida de unos 700.000 barriles diarios de volumen bombeado, comprometiendo la principal ruta de suministro global disponible desde que Irán cerró efectivamente el paso de Ormuz al inicio de la guerra.
El oleoducto Este-Oeste —conocido como Petroline— es una infraestructura de 1.200 kilómetros construida por Saudi Aramco en 1981, durante la guerra entre Irán e Irak, para dar salida al crudo saudí en caso de que el Estrecho de Ormuz quedara bloqueado. El ducto conecta los campos de Abqaiq, en la Provincia Oriental, con el puerto de Yanbu, sobre el mar Rojo. Desde el inicio del conflicto bélico con Estados Unidos e Israel, Arabia Saudita lo había llevado a su capacidad máxima de siete millones de barriles diarios, convirtiéndolo en el eje de su estrategia de exportación de emergencia. Los ataques de este jueves comprometen esa válvula de escape en el peor momento posible.
La fuente ministerial indicó que varias instalaciones “vitales” fueron blanco de misiles y drones iraníes. Entre las afectadas se cuentan refinerías de primer orden: SATORP en Jubail, la de Ras Tanura —la mayor planta de procesamiento de crudo de Aramco, con capacidad para 550.000 barriles diarios—, la de SAMREF en Yanbu y la refinería de Riad. Los impactos afectaron, según la fuente, “directamente las exportaciones de productos refinados a los mercados globales”. Las plantas procesadoras de Juaymah sufrieron incendios que dañaron las exportaciones de gas licuado de petróleo y líquidos de gas natural.
Vantor/entrega vía Reuters
Los ataques alcanzaron además el sector eléctrico en Riad, la Provincia Oriental y la Ciudad Industrial de Yanbu. En términos humanos, los misiles y drones causaron la muerte de un ciudadano saudí que trabajaba en seguridad industrial para la Compañía Energética Saudí, mientras que otros siete empleados resultaron heridos. El Cuerpo de la Guardia Revolucionaria Islámica de Irán —CGRI— reivindicó ataques contra instalaciones en Yanbu, incluidas algunas pertenecientes a compañías estadounidenses.
Los golpes se produjeron apenas horas después de que Washington y Teherán anunciaran una tregua de dos semanas mediada por Pakistán, que entró en vigor el 8 de abril. Las hostilidades no cesaron: Arabia Saudita informó haber interceptado nueve drones en las horas posteriores al anuncio, y los nuevos daños a sus instalaciones energéticas evidenciaron que el alto al fuego es, por ahora, más declarativo que efectivo.
La destrucción parcial de la capacidad de bombeo del Este-Oeste agrava una crisis energética calificada como una de las más severas en décadas. Antes de la guerra, el Estrecho de Ormuz canalizaba unos 15 millones de barriles diarios, cerca del 20% del suministro mundial de crudo. El oleoducto saudí solo compensaba una fracción de ese volumen, y su daño estrecha aún más el margen disponible. Con las negociaciones de paz recién iniciadas en Islamabad y Ormuz todavía virtualmente cerrado, la persistencia de los ataques no solo “genera escasez de suministro” —en palabras del propio Ministerio de Energía saudí— sino que ha instalado una incertidumbre en los mercados petroleros sin precedente en lo que va del siglo.
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The Republican National Committee (RNC) is leading a lawsuit against Virginia, accusing the state of violating state law by accepting ballots from people who have never resided in the state.
Under federal law, military service members stationed overseas and their spouses are allowed to cast absentee ballots based upon the state of their last residence. But a Virginia statute allows for voters who have never lived in the state to cast a ballot based on Virginia being their parents’ last eligible voting location.
«The Virginia Constitution clearly states you must show proof of residency in order to vote in Virginia elections, so what we’re trying to do here at the RNC is make sure that Virginia elections are truly for Virginians and close that loophole where people who have never even lived in the state or sometimes even the country so they cannot register to vote in Virginia,» RNC Election Integrity Communications Director Ally Triolo told Fox News Digital.
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Chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) Joe Gruters speaks during the RNC Winter Meeting at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort in Santa Barbara, California, on January 23, 2026. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP)
The RNC, RITE PAC, and conservative grassroots organizer Matthew Hurtt filed for injunctive relief in the Circuit Court for the city of Richmond, against the Virginia State Board of Elections and the Virginia Department of Elections on Monday.
A Michigan voter inserts her absentee voter ballot into a drop box in Troy, Michigan. (Paul Sancya/AP)
«People who have never lived in Virginia — or even in the United States — should not be voting in Virginia’s elections,» Republican Party Chairman Gruters said in a statement to Fox News Digital. «Virginia officials are ignoring the Virginia Constitution and allowing ineligible voters to cast ballots. The RNC and RITE PAC are taking this action to enforce the law and ensure non-residents are not diluting the votes of Virginians.»
Hurtt, who also serves as the Chairman of the Arlington GOP, referred Fox News Digital to an email he sent to the Arlington GOP committee members, explaining why he joined the lawsuit.
«Through this lawsuit, we are asking the court to declare the relevant statutes unconstitutional and to require election officials to limit voting to individuals who meet Virginia’s residency requirements,» Hurtt wrote. «This effort is about ensuring that Virginia elections are conducted in accordance with the Constitution and that the rules governing voter eligibility are applied consistently and lawfully.»
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Stickers that read «Presidential Election I Voted 2024» are displayed on a table on the first day of Virginia’s in-person early voting at Long Bridge Park Aquatics and Fitness Center on September 20, 2024 in Arlington, Virginia (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
The lawsuit named seven elected officials as defendants as well, including Fairfax County Electoral Board General Registrar Eric Spicer. Fairfax GOP chairman Steve Knotts previously praised Spicer for his efforts to strengthen election integrity in the county.
«Defendant Spicer has registered voters who stated on their registration forms: ‘I am a U.S. citizen living outside the country, I have never lived in the United States.’This practice violates the Virginia Constitution,» the lawsuit stated.
Similar lawsuits have been filed by the RNC against Michigan, Arizona and North Carolina over election officials counting ballots from «never residents.»
In April 2025, an appeals court in North Carolina ruled in favor of RNC, determining that the state’s election board was violating state law by allowing voters who never resided in the state. State officials appealed the decision to North Carolina’s Supreme Court, but the case was dismissed.
«We fought this in North Carolina,» Triolo said. «We had a successful win, and we have two more active cases fighting the same fight in Arizona and Michigan. We are committed at the RNC to stopping any abuse of our elections. We know that voters deserve free, fair, and secure elections. So the RNC is confident with its win that we already had on this issue. We’ll continue to see more wins moving forward.»
Triolo shared with Fox News Digital that the RNC has more than 120 active lawsuits across the country in its fight to close loopholes and strengthen election integrity.
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«The RNC is fighting tooth and nail to protect the ballot box. This is one of our key priorities here, which is ensuring that our elections are fair, they’re free, they’re transparent, they are secure,» Triolo said.
The Virginia Department of Elections declined to comment.
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