A 7.0 earthquake struck off Indonesia's Sumatra Island, but no tsunami warning was issued.
Australia is already responsible for a third of the world's traded coal and is fourth top consumer of coal.
A battle between Philippine troops and Muslim guerrillas has killed at least 53, the military said on Thursday.
Mudslides and flooding from a weekend typhoon have killed more than 100 people in Taiwan, disaster officials said.
Rescuers have reached the wreckage of a passenger aircraft that crashed in Papua New Guinea and found no survivors.
Indonesian police said a suspect shot dead in a raid in Java was not leading Islamic militant Noordin Mohammad Top.
According to those rescued, there might be 600 more buried.
The U.N. Security Council will meet to discuss the sentence passed on Burma opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi
A court in army-ruled Burma on Tuesday sentenced opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to 18 months in detention.
Court sentenced opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi guilty to 18 months in detention.