At least nine people were crushed to death after a massive crowd surge at a Hindu temple in southern India’s Andhra Pradesh yesterday, the state’s governor said.

Canadian premier Mark Carney yesterday called his talks with China’s leader Xi Jinping a “turning point” in restoring their battered ties, adding he raised tricky topics with Beijing like foreign interference.

Thousands of civilians are feared trapped and in imminent danger in the Sudanese city of El-Fasher after its fall to paramilitaries, Doctors Without Borders said yesterday, as Germany’s top diplomat described the situation there as “apocalyptic”.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung hosted Xi Jinping for their first meeting yesterday as the Chinese head of state took centre stage and reforged old ties at an Asian summit from which US leader Donald Trump was largely absent.

Nineteen people have been rescued and an unknown number are still missing

Election commission declares Hassan winner with nearly 98% of votes

The stolen loot remains missing

The fire involved a restaurant in one of the building’s upper floors

As of last year, undocumented migrants are unable to apply for work in Finland

US President Donald Trump appeared to issue a lifeline Friday for low-income Americans reliant on food aid, saying he does not want them to "go hungry" a day before some 42 million people could lose their monthly assistance

Journalists are now barred if they do not have prior approval to access the area in Upper Press

About 23 million years ago, a species of rhinoceros - similar in size to the modern Indian rhino but lacking a horn - made its home in the challenging environment of the Canadian High Arctic, which at the time was warmer than it is now but still experienced snow and months of wintertime darkness.

Israeli warplanes and artillery continued to strike Khan Younis in southern Gaza yesterday, killing three people despite Israel’s claim that it rejoined the ceasefire two days earlier.

The International Committee of the Red Cross’s director-general told AFP yesterday that humanitarian workers were being increasingly targeted in Gaza and in Sudan, where five Red Crescent volunteers were killed this week.

Britain’s King Charles has stripped his younger brother Andrew of his title of prince and forced him out of his Windsor home, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday, seeking to distance the royals from him over his links to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

US President Donald Trump set the refugee admissions ceiling at 7,500 for fiscal year 2026, the lowest cap on record, a White House document published on Thursday said, part of a broader effort to reshape refugee policies in the US and worldwide.

The United Nations yesterday urged the United States to halt strikes on vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific allegedly carrying drug traffickers, and to prevent “extrajudicial killings”.

Tanzania’s main opposition party said yesterday hundreds of people had been killed in protests over elections across the country this week, as the government said it was restoring order after “isolated incidents”.

The RSF has dismissed past accusations of abuses, and have made counter-accusations against the Sudanese army

Account is latest sign of widespread abuses