Current conditions: The powerful earthquake that killed at least 61 people in the Philippines last week raised the seabed by as much as 7 feet • Raja Ampat, the archipelago off Indonesia’s Southwest Papua province, is enduring days of intense thunderstorms • The Gulf Coast of Texas is bracing for what could become a tropical cyclone set to dump heavy rain across the region. THE TOP FIVE1. ConocoPhillips becomes the first U.S. oil company to reenter Syria A Syrian oil field. Kasim Yusuf/Anadol...

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