Extreme weather killed at least 30 people in Beijing after a year’s worth of rain fell in less than a week, forcing the relocation of more than 80,000 people, damaging roads and cutting off power and communications in more than 130 villages.

A Russian airstrike on a prison in southeastern Ukraine overnight killed 17 inmates and wounded dozens of others, Kyiv said yesterday, after Washington pressured Russia to end its invasion.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said yesterday that Western demands over Tehran’s nuclear programme are an excuse to confront the Islamic Republic, a day after US President Donald Trump warned about renewed strikes if Iran restarts nuclear work.

Indian forces have killed three Pakistanis involved in the April attack on Hindu tourists in the Jammu and Kashmir federal territory in which 26 men were shot dead, Home Minister Amit Shah said yesterday.

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday they had rescued 10 seafarers from the Greek-operated cargo ship Eternity C, which they attacked and sank in the Red Sea earlier this month.

A shaky ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia appeared to be holding yesterday, as military commanders met despite Bangkok’s allegations the truce had been breached with overnight skirmishes.

Albanian authorities have arrested 18 people on charges of starting wildfires across the country, police told AFP yesterday.

A massive operation to remove hundreds of tonnes of radioactive debris from Japan’s tsunami-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant has been delayed until at least 2037, the operator said yesterday.

Officials said he had migrated to the US from Bangladesh, had two children and his wife was expecting a third

Iran, a close ally and backer of Hamas, dismissed Trump's remarks as "absolutely baseless".

The strikes were carried out overnight and into the morning

China claims Taiwan is part of its territory and opposes any international exchanges with the democratic island.

US President Donald Trump warned Monday that the people of Gaza are facing "real starvation"

US aims to divert Myanmar's vast supplies of rare earth minerals away from strategic rival China

It is also the third deadliest of all cancers, with the study predicting it would take 1.37 million lives by the middle of the century.

Thai army says clashes continued despite a deal meant to end the bloody fighting that engulfed their jungle-clad frontier

The incident began around 6:00 pm (2200 GMT) when reports of gunfire prompted hundreds of police to a busy office district on the storied Park Avenue

Firefighters battled blazes across Turkey on Monday, as the country sweltered in a summer heatwave, officials said.

Donald Trump yesterday issued a dramatic new ultimatum to Russia to end the war in Ukraine or face tough new sanctions, as he met UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Scotland.

A gunman killed five security guards and wounded three other people in a mass shooting at a popular fresh food market in Thailand's capital yesterday, police said.