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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Feb. 8

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A powerful earthquake measuring 6.4 magnitude at the Richter scale jolted the southwest region of Pakistan early Wednesday morning, Pakistan's National Seismic Monitoring Center said.

No immediate loss of life or damage of property has been reported yet from the affected areas. (Pakistan-Quake)

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UNITED NATIONS -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said that he "deeply regrets" that Israel adopted a bill late Monday that would retroactively legalize Jewish settlements on privately owned Palestinian land.

He stressed that "the bill is in contravention of international law and will have far reaching legal consequences for Israel." (UN-Israel)

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UNITED NATIONS -- The UN political chief warned on Tuesday that the terrorist Islamic State is adapting to increasing military pressure by shifting to the "dark web."

Jeffrey Feltman, the UN under-secretary-general for political affairs, made the remarks when he was briefing the UN Security Council on the UN chief's latest report on the threat posed by the IS to international peace and security. (UN-IS) Endi