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

Russian President Vladimir Putin will mark his 70th birthday Friday with little fanfare as the war in Ukraine, which has killed tens of thousands and plunged Russia into economic and international isolation, continues to rage. In past years, Putin has celebrated by taking foreign

Nobel peace prize was awarded to Ales Bialiatski and two organisations Russian human rights organisation Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties for the year 2022. Nobel peace prize was awarded to Ales Bialiatski and two organisations Russian

The UN Human Rights Council has voted not to debate the treatment of the Uighurs and other mostly Muslim minorities in China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang even after the UN’s human rights office concluded the scale of the alleged abuses there may amount to “crimes

President Joe Biden on Thursday did not rule out meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin during the Group of 20 summit next month in Asia. "That remains to be seen," the US leader told reporters when asked if he would use the G-20 gathering in Bali, Indonesia, as an

US President Joe Biden has announced a sweeping pardon for thousands of people convicted of marijuana possession under federal laws, penalties that have disproportionately affected Black and other people of colour across the United States. The announcement on Thursday was seen as a