At least 33 people have died in floods and landslides across western Nepal in the past week, local media reported. The worst of the monsoon rains hit Karnali province in the north-west, where thousands of residents were evacuated, officials said. Hundreds of homes have been damaged

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said his government would consider providing military training to Ukrainian forces in their war with Russia. The prime minister told Australian media on Wednesday he had spoken to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday about

About 500 pilot whales have died in mass strandings on New Zealand's remote Chatham Islands, the government said Tuesday after ruling out a rescue effort in the area's shark-filled waters. Two "super pods" of the dolphin-related cetaceans beached on two islands in the

Russia retaliated Monday for an attack on a critical bridge by unleashing its most widespread strikes against Ukraine in months, a lethal barrage that smashed civilian targets, knocked out power and water, shattered buildings and killed at least 14 people. Ukraine’s Emergency

North Korea has said its recent barrage of missile launches were “tactical nuclear” drills personally overseen by leader Kim Jong Un, and a response to joint United States-South Korea naval exercises. North Korea carried out its seventh launch in two weeks when it fired two

The death toll from tropical storm Julia rose to at least 25 on Monday, officials said, with most victims coming from El Salvador and Guatemala, as the weakening storm dumped heavy rainfall on a swath of Central America and southern Mexico. Salvadoran authorities reported the deaths of

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has called early elections after months of political in-fighting among politicians in his ruling coalition. Speaking on state television on Monday, Ismail Sabri said the date of the election, which has to be held within 60 days of

A series of blasts rocked Kyiv on Monday morning, with some strikes landing in the heart of the Ukrainian capital’s downtown during rush hour, and rocket attacks were reported in cities across the country, as Russia apparently sought to take revenge for the explosion Saturday on the

A landslide in central Venezuela left at least 22 people dead and more than 50 missing after heavy rains caused a river to overflow, Vice-President Delcy Rodriguez said Sunday. "We are seeing very significant damage here, human losses: so far, we have already found 22 dead, there

The death toll from a boat accident in Nigeria’s south-eastern state of Anambra has risen to 76, the president has said. The vessel capsized on Friday amid heavy flooding in the Ogbaru area of Anambra, according to officials on Saturday, when they said at least 10 people had died

Russian president to convene security council amid calls for reprisals over attack that damaged key Crimea supply route. Vladimir Putin sitting at an almost empty wooden desk with a flag and some white phones behind him. Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Ukraine of being

At least six Yemeni government troops and an unknown number of Houthis were killed in heavy clashes and exchanges of fire across the country over the past 24 hours, local military and government officials said on Saturday. Fighting in the country has intensified as the international

Somalia’s government has declared a crackdown on media organisations that publish what it deems propaganda for the armed group al-Shabab, warning offenders will be punished. The armed forces, backed by local militias and international allies, have waged an aggressive campaign

Traffic has resumed on a key road and Rail Bridge linking Russia with Crimea hours after it was partially destroyed by a truck explosion, and an investigation is underway to find out who was behind the attack. The 19km (12-mile) Kerch bridge was hit by a blast around dawn on Saturday,

At least 17 people including a child died when seven Russian missiles struck the industrial town of Zaporizhzhia in southern Ukraine, the Ukrainian authorities said Saturday. The missiles struck before dawn on Thursday, with three landing in the town center, just 40 kilometers (25

About 250 pilot whales have died after beaching on New Zealand's remote Chatham Island where the shark risk makes attempts to refloat them too dangerous, the government said Saturday. The pilot whales, members of the dolphin family, were reported to have been stranded Friday on the

Traffic has been suspended on the Kerch bridge, which connects the Crimean peninsula to mainland Russia, after a fuel tank caught fire, Russia’s RIA Novosti state news agency said, putting at risk a key supply route for Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine. “A fuel tank is

Ukraine says two mass burial sites have been found in the recently-recaptured eastern town of Lyman, after Russian retreated. The Ukrainian governor of the Donetsk region, Pavlo Kyrylenko, said one burial site had about 200 individual graves containing civilian bodies. It was

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has declared a state of emergency to address a "crisis situation" over an influx of migrants. More than 17,000 have arrived in the city from the southern border since April. Republican states like Texas, Arizona and Florida have been sending

At least 11 people were killed and 38 injured after a bus caught fire in Maharashtra's Nashik early this morning, officials have said. The bus caught fire after hitting a trailer truck transporting diesel on the Nashik-Aurangabad highway, they added.  "Most of those