Vietnam karaoke parlour blaze kills at least 13, dozens injured
Customers and female staff members jumped from the second and third floors to escape the flames, local media reported.
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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 196
As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 196th day, we take a look at the main developments.
Photos: Tractors to the rescue as floods hit India’s Bengaluru
Authorities in India's 'Silicon Valley' use tractors to rescue residents of posh housing estates marooned by the floods.
‘We are starving’: No kerosene, no food, say Sri Lanka fishermen
Fuel shortages and runaway inflation mean people struggling to procure kerosene oil, needed to power the fishing boats.
Death toll rises to 10 after Typhoon Hinnamnor hits South Korea
Seven of the dead were trapped in the underground carpark of an apartment complex in Pohang City, local media reported.
Malaysian contractor flees ahead of US Navy scandal sentencing
'Fat Leonard' cut off GPS monitor and fled California home weeks ahead of sentencing in extensive US Navy bribery case.
After record floods, now Pakistan has to worry about economy
The rain has destroyed vast hectares of crops, including cotton, a key source of employment and forex for the nation.
Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing meets Putin for first time since coup
Meeting between leaders would underlines the two nations deepening relationship after Myanmar coup and Ukraine invasion.
Seized Trump documents showed foreign nation’s nuclear capability
More than 11,000 government documents and photographs were seized when the FBI searched Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.
Chile’s Boric reshuffles cabinet after new constitution rejected
President Gabriel Boric changes leadership of six ministries in first cabinet shake-up since he took office in March.
Heatwave pushes California’s energy grid to its limits
Extreme heat prompts authorities to urge California residents to cut down electricity usage amid power outage threat.
Shireen Abu Akleh: How Biden team redefined ‘accountability’
Abu Akleh's niece says Washington's push to turn the page on the killing of the Al Jazeera journalist is 'embarrassing'.
Juul to pay $439m to settle US e-cigarette marketing probe
E-cigarette maker also pledges to refrain from some marketing, such as use of cartoons and depictions of users under 35.
Second Israeli attack in a week damages Aleppo airport: Syria
An Israeli missile attack on Syria's Aleppo airport has damaged the runway and taken it out of service, SANA reported.
Flood-hit Pakistan bids to stop its largest lake from overflowing
UN warns of humanitarian crisis as authorities fear more towns will be flooded if Manchar Lake bursts its banks.
Indigenous leader pleads for help to find Canada attack suspect
Chief Bobby Cameron says uncertainty caused by ongoing search for stabbing spree suspect causing 'immeasurable panic'.
US students in Uvalde, Texas back at school amid grief and fear
Robb Elementary School, where the mass shooting that claimed the lives of 21 people happened, is not reopening.
Pakistani soldiers killed in gun battle with Taliban
TTP accuses military of breaking fragile ceasefire after at least four fighters died in a gun battle in northwest.
One dead in fresh anti-UN mission protests in eastern DR Congo
Since July, there have been demonstrations against UN peacekeepers who stand accused of retaliating with deadly force.
Families accuse EU of ‘ignoring’ four Europeans held by Iran
Families of four Europeans imprisoned in Iran ask the EU to negotiate their release during the nuclear deal talks.