VOA60: June 22, 2022

In Afghanistan, Taliban officials ask the international community for help after an earthquake killed at least one thousand people and injured more than 1500.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un holds a meeting of top military officials in Pyongyang one day after South Korea carries out its first successful satellite launch.

In Israel, lawmakers vote to dissolve parliament and call early elections after Prime Minister Naftali Bennet says his ruling coalition cannot continue.

And Sri Lanka's prime minister says the country's economy faces a more serious situation than shortages of fuel, electricity and food.