NEW DELHI, India -- Heavy rains have triggered landslides, flash floods and inundation in India's northern state of Himachal Pradesh, killing at least nine people in the past two days, officials said Monday. The rains in the state have blocked 828 roads and three national highways. Rain-triggered...
 YANGON, Myanmar -- Fifty-three people were killed and 162 others injured in road accidents on Myanmar's Yangon-Mandalay expressway in the first half of 2023, the Nay Pyi Taw Expressway Traffic Police Force said on Monday.    A total of 83 road crashes have occurred on the busiest...
MOSCOW, Russia-- Russian President Vladimir Putin met with the representatives and commanders of the Wagner military group on June 29, RIA Novosti reported Monday, citing Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov. A total of 35 Wagner members were invited to the meeting, including the group's head Yevgeny...
 KHOST, Afghanistan -- Heavy rains and flash floods claimed one life and injured three others in eastern Afghanistan's Khost province on Sunday, Kalim Gul Abid, the provincial director for Natural Disaster Management Authority, said Monday.    The rainstorms, which triggered flash...
HELSINKI, Iceland-- Three people have died in a plane crash in the eastern part of Iceland, the Icelandic broadcasting company RUV reported on Monday. Â Â Â An emergency message was sent from the plane, a four-to-six-seater Cessna-type aircraft, at around 5 pm local time on Sunday, shortly...
TOKYO, Japan– Japan on Saturday marked a year since the shock assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, the country's longest-serving leader and a towering political figure. Abe was gunned down in broad daylight while giving a campaign speech in western Japan, targeted by a man...
SEOUL, Korea– A group of South Korean civic activists, politicians, fishermen and ordinary people gathered in central Seoul on Saturday to raise their voice against the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) final report on Japan's planned discharge of nuclear wastewater into the...
KYIV, Ukraine– President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed "brave" Ukraine on the 500th day of Russia's invasion on Saturday, as the war's toll mounted with eight deaths reported in Russian rocket fire. Zelensky published on social media an undated video clip of a visit to Snake Island in the Black...
MOSCOW, July 8– Russia has condemned the U.S. decision to supply cluster munitions to Ukraine as a path to genocide and a threat to world peace, Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported on Friday. The U.S. decision was a direct path to genocide and it, together with its European partners,...
NIKOPOL, Ukraine– On the 500th day since Russia's invasion and as the war grinds on, Ukrainian forces are advancing slowly without enough arms and ammunition and with its main cities under constant threat. Since the beginning of June, Ukraine's army has been on the offensive to reconquer...
WASHINGTON, United States– The United States announced Friday it will provide cluster munitions to Ukraine for the first time as Kyiv's forces face tough fighting in their counteroffensive against invading Russian troops. The move drew sharp criticism from rights groups due to the danger...
ROME– The world Food Price Index of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) continued to fall in June, with the downward trend being driven by a drop in the prices of sugar, vegetable oils, cereals and dairy products, the organization said Friday. The index, which tracks...
