Indian prime minister Narendra Modi joined Bear Grylls on the latter’s survival TV programme Man vs Wild to talk about his relationship with nature and growing up in a poor family, all the while crossing a freezing river on a flimsy raft. In the episode broadcast in India on Monday,

The death toll from Typhoon Lekima rose to 49 on Tuesday (Aug 13) and 21 were still missing after the monster storm wreaked havoc on China's eastern coast, causing huge damage with strong gales and torrential rain. Lekima hit the three Chinese provinces of Zhejiang, Shandong and

South Korea has said it will take Japan off its favoured trade partners' list. The move is a tit-for-tat response to Japan's decision earlier this month to do the same to South Korea. Industry Minister Sung Yun-mo said Japan would be placed on a newly created restrictive

Hong Kong International Airport has cancelled departing flights, as anti-government protests in its main terminal continue for a fourth day. Thousands are gathered at the airport - which is one of the world's busiest. In a statement, officials said operations had been "seriously

Streets in Jammu and Kashmir were deserted on Monday (August 12) as Eid-al-Adha celebrations took place under severe security restrictions, especially in Srinagar.  Eid prayers have not been allowed in most mosques in Srinagar, where curfew-like curbs were re-imposed on Sunday amid

Hong Kong police have once again clashed with anti-government protesters as the city enters its 10th week of mass demonstrations and unrest. Police fired tear gas across the city on Sunday night, including into an enclosed railway station. In the Wan Chai district, petrol bombs and

A shooting at a mosque in Norway is being investigated as a possible act of terrorism, police say. A gunman opened fire on the Al-Noor Islamic Centre, on the outskirts of the capital Oslo, on Saturday. One person in the mosque managed to overpower the gunman and was injured in the

Yemeni separatists have taken effective control of the port city of Aden after days of fighting with troops loyal to the internationally backed government. Forces aligned with the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) - which wants an independent south - said they had seized

At least 95 people have been killed by monsoon flooding in southern and western India, while hundreds of thousands have been evacuated from their homes, according to reports. More than 40 of those killed were in the south-western state of Kerala. The flooding and landslides caused

The death toll from Typhoon Lekima in China has risen to 28 with another 20 people missing, local authorities say. Officials say about five million people in Zhejiang province have been affected with over one million evacuated to safe spaces. Lekima made landfall in the early hours

Muslims around the Middle East, some other countries celebrated Eid Al Azha on Sunday, which marks the end of the annual Haj pilgrimage and commemorates the sacrifice of Prophet Abraham (peace be upon him). Residents across the UAE also marked Eid Eid Al Azha early with prayers. The

Malaysia saw a rise in deaths caused by dengue to 113 by Aug 3, compared to 70 cases in the same period last year, the health ministry said on Saturday (Aug 10). It also said the total of dengue cases from the start of the year to early August hit 80,000, twice the number of cases in

Sonia Gandhi will return as Congress president for now, two years after she handed the top job to her son Rahul Gandhi, the party's top decision-making body, the Working Committee, decided on Saturday after a 12-hour meeting.  Pitching it as a stop-gap measure, the party said it

At least 60 people have been killed and 70 injured in a fuel tanker explosion in Tanzania, police say. Pictures posted online show flaming wreckage scattered over a wide area and charred bodies lying on the ground. Police said people were trying to recover fuel from the vehicle,

The death toll from floods in India’s states of Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra rose to 95, official figures showed on Saturday, as heavy rain and landslides forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate their homes. Seasonal monsoon rains from June to September are a crucial lifeline

Forty seven people died and over 200,000 were infected by the dengue virus across Sri Lanka in the first seven months this year, the government information department quoted the Epidemiology Unit as saying on Monday. Till the end of July, a total of 234,078 dengue cases were reported,

At least 18 people have been killed and another 14 were missing as of 3:30 pm on Saturday due to a barrier lake burst as Typhoon Lekima swept through East China's Zhejiang province, the local publicity department said. Typhoon Lekima made landfall at about 1:45 am on Saturday in

At least 30 people were killed in a landslide that buried several houses in a small town in southeastern Myanmar, official sources said on Saturday. The Southeast Asian country's Fire Service Department announced the death toll of the avalanche – which was caused by heavy

Five people were killed and three injured following a rocket explosion on a naval test range in Russia on Thursday, state nuclear company Rosatom confirmed. Rostacom said the accident occurred during tests on a liquid propellant rocket engine. The three injured staff members

North Korea has fired two missiles into the sea, its fifth such launch in recent weeks. The missiles are thought to be short-range ballistic missiles, South Korea's military says. If confirmed, such a test would be a breach of 11 UN security Council resolutions. The launches