Despite economic headwinds, election defeats for two major rivals this week have left Indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi looking increasingly unassailable.

The regional government of the Spanish islands says it is not confident that allowing the afflicted luxury cruise ship MV Hondius into port at Tenerife is safe.

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Hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters have clashed with police in New York.

The Dutch-flagged polar cruise ship will sail to the Canary Islands where its passengers will be examined as disease experts share theories on how and where the unusual outbreak began.

Pete Hegseth won't confirm or deny the US Navy is using kamikaze dolphins.

Male school bullies in Singapore could face caning as a "last resort" to stamp out bad behaviour under new education guidelines.

The US secretary of state said 10 civilian sailors had died because their ships had been effectively stranded in the Persian Gulf since the outbreak of the war.

A cruise ship with nearly 150 people aboard was waiting for help off the coast of Cape Verde in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday after three passengers died and at least three other people were left seriously ill in a suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus, according to the World Health Organization and the ships operator.

Medical teams have boarded a stranded cruise ship to investigate three deaths from hantavirus.

The US has launched "Project Freedom" in the Strait of Hormuz as Iranian attacks continue.

The prime minister took the unusual step of sharing the fake image to confront online critics who fell for the falsehood and complained that she should be ashamed of herself.

A South African police officer had to brave crocodile-infested waters as the search for a missing businessman led to a grim finding.

A South African police officer had to brave crocodile-infested waters of the Komati River to recover human remains.

Vision showed thick smoke billowing from a large site with ruined buildings and debris strewn around the area.

A blast at a fireworks factory in Chinas Hunan province has killed 21 people and injured 61, prompting President Xi Jinping to call for a thorough investigation.

As the MV Hondius lay marooned off Cape Verde, three passengers dead from a dangerous virus and others suffering symptoms, one man posted an emotional plea for help.

Vice President JD Vances motorcade passed through the Washington Monument area not long before the incident, in which a young bystander was hit by gunfire.

A United Airlines jet arriving from Italy has hit a bakery truck and a light pole on a New Jersey motorway as it was landing at Newark Liberty International Airport

Jake Rosmarin, a US travel blogger, posted a tearful Instagram video from the ship on Monday.

More than 140 people remain on the luxury cruise ship that is being held off West Africa after three people died and others fell ill.

The US says two American-flagged merchant ships have sailed through the Strait of Hormuz.

Three people have died and another is in intensive care after a virus outbreak aboard a cruise ship off the African coast.

Two people have been killed after a car ploughed into a crowd in the German city of Leipzig.

The flare-up represents the greatest challenge so far to a four-week-old ceasefire between the US, Israel and Iran that has constrained fighting but failed to lead to a peace agreement or sustained negotiations.