Iranian security forces have arrested eight foreign suspects after detaining a gunman in the killing of one person at a Shia Muslim shrine, state media reported yesterday.

At least 50 people were killed, nine of them in a temple collapse, and dozens more were feared missing after intense rains caused floods and landslides in north India, officials said yesterday.

Taiwan will not be afraid nor back down in the face of authoritarian threats, the island’s vice president told supporters on a US visit that Beijing has condemned, while reiterating a willingness to talk to China.

Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, a little-known politician who is believed to be close to the military, was sworn in as Pakistan’s caretaker prime minister yesterday to oversee national elections as the country navigates political and economic crises.

At least 36 people were feared dead at a jade mine in northern Myanmar after being swept into a lake by a huge landslide, a rescue worker and local journalist said yesterday.

The death toll in Hawaii from the deadliest US wildfire in more than a century ticked towards 100 Sunday, fuelling criticism that government inaction contributed to the heavy loss of life.

At least 25 people are missing after a landslide at an unregulated jade mine in a remote region of Myanmar, rescue workers said today

Twenty-two people have died, 14 were missing and thousands evacuated in South Korea as of today

China and Russia are strategic allies, with both sides frequently touting their "no limits" partnership and economic and military cooperation

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today remembered the people whose lives were lost during the Partition of the sub-continent in 1947 and the sufferings of the people on the occasion the Partition Horrors Remembrance Day

India’s first satellite to study the Sun is getting ready for its launch soon, the national space research agency was quoted as saying today

At least 29 people were killed today in separate incidents of cloudburst and landslides in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh

Little-known senator Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar was set to be sworn in Monday as Pakistan's caretaker prime minister to see the country through to an election due in months

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for an increase in missile production to help secure "overwhelming military power" and be ready for war, state media KCNA said on Monday, as South Korea and the United States gear up for annual military drills

Billionaires and social media business rivals Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk threw new online jabs at each other Sunday, with the Meta founder declaring the owner of X -- formerly known as Twitter -- was not treating a proposed charity cage match seriously

Six Niger soldiers and 10 "terrorists" were killed on Sunday during fighting in the west of the country, authorities said

The death toll in Hawaii from the deadliest US wildfire in more than a century was expected to cross the 100-mark Sunday, fueling criticism that government inaction contributed to the heavy loss of life

The death toll from a landslide triggered by heavy rains in northern China has risen to at least 21, authorities said yesterday, with six others missing.

Western naval forces operating in the Gulf warned ships sailing in the strategic Strait of Hormuz against approaching Iranian waters to avoid the risk of seizure, according to statements issued over the weekend.

Two separatist militants were killed yesterday when they attacked a convoy carrying Chinese workers to a Beijing-financed port project in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, officials said.