Rescue workers on Tuesday recovered more bodies from a mountain village in northwest Pakistan where flash floods triggered by a cloudburst brought down homes and buildings, bringing the death count there to at least 20.

Pakistan political commentator Najam Sethi has ripped into Islamabad's claim of Indian missiles hitting targets during military confrontation under Operation Sindoor.

Indian government sources have issued a pointed clarification saying there has been no change in New Delhi's position on Taiwan.

The US Air Force Reserve released the video on August 16, showing the hurricane hunter plane navigating through the eyewall of the category-5 hurricane and reaching the centre.

Swiss watchmaker Swatch has apologised and pulled down an advertisement featuring an Asian male model with a 'slanted eye' gesture.

Hurricane Erin's massive footprint battered Caribbean islands with heavy gusts and downpours on Monday, as it threatened rip currents and flooding along the US East Coast later this week, even without a predicted landfall.

During talks with S Jaishankar, Wang Yi said relations between China and India are on a "positive trend" towards cooperation.

Post setting off from Cyprus, a ship loaded with 1,200 tons of food aid for the Gaza Strip was approaching the Israeli port of Ashdod on Tuesday in a renewed effort to alleviate the worsening crisis, as famine threatens the Palestinian territory.

A car-carrier truck carrying eight Tesla vehicles caught fire in Los Angeles on Saturday. The incident took place on the southbound lanes of the Golden State (5) Freeway in Sylmar.

Murder and rape are punishable by death in Iran, which is second only to China in terms of the number of executions it carries out, according to rights groups including Amnesty International.

Monsoon rain in northern Pakistan has caused flooding and landslides that have swept away entire villages, with around 200 people still missing.

Recently, Bessent told Europe that it is not doing its part because it is yet to join the US in imposing secondary tariffs on India. "It's put up or shut up time," he told Europe.

China's in-principal decision to look at India's growing requirements for rare-earth materials marks a massive step in fixing a relationship that went sour after the Galwan crisis of 2019.

At least three people were killed in the United States after a semi-truck driver made a rogue U-turn on a highway in Florida's St. Lucie County last week.

In a hate crime in the UK, two Sikh men were assaulted by three teenagers last Friday (August 15), causing a massive uproar. The racist attack occurred outside a railway station in Wolverhampton.

India has exempted import duties on cotton from August 19 to September 30, fulfilling the demand of industry groups who said exemptions would help make the sector more competitive.

French President Emmanuel Macron called Monday for stepping up sanctions against Russia if its leader Vladimir Putin does not move forward on peace with Ukraine.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called Tuesday for the "rapid expansion" of the country's nuclear weapons capability, citing ongoing US-South Korea military exercises that he said could "ignite a war".

A dealer dubbed the "Ketamine Queen" has agreed to plead guilty to supplying the drugs that killed "Friends" actor Matthew Perry, the US Department of Justice said Monday.

A young son of Boko Haram's founder has been arrested in Chad, where he was allegedly leading a jihadist cell, according to both an intelligence source and a former insurgent.

Islamic State-backed rebels armed with machetes and hoes have killed at least 52 civilians in the Beni and Lubero areas of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in recent days, UN and local officials said.

Four Indian-origin men appeared in court on Monday charged with violent disorder after an armed attack in the West Midlands region of England.

The Canada Industrial Relations Board declared a strike by 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants illegal Monday and ordered them back on the job after they ignored an earlier order to return to work and submit to arbitration.

A senior Iranian official warned Monday that war with Israel could erupt at any moment, describing the current lull after June's 12-day conflict as only a temporary halt.

A Hamas source told AFP on Monday that the Palestinian militants had agreed to a new proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, devastated by more than 22 months of war between the Islamist group and Israel.