Fifteen people are believed dead and nine are missing on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu as devastating rains cause flooding and landslides. Fourteen victims were found in the same flooded nursing home while the other was pulled from a landslide. The deaths have yet to be formally certified. The authorities have ordered more than 200,000 […]

At least 21 members of Peshawar’s Sikh community along with a Muslim van driver lost their lives on Friday when the Lahore-bound Shah Hussain Express train crashed into their vehicle as it attempted to cross train tracks near Sheikhupura, authorities said. The passengers of the van had been travelling from Peshawar to Nankana Sahib to […]

At least 162 bodies have been found after a landslide at a jade mining site in northern Myanmar, officials say. Rescue work has continued all day for people still missing at the site in the Hpakant area of Kachin state. A wave of mud and rock triggered by heavy rain engulfed those collecting stones, the […]

Mystery surrounds the “completely unprecedented” deaths of hundreds of elephants in Botswana over the last two months. Dr Niall McCann said colleagues in the southern African country had spotted more than 350 elephant carcasses in the Okavango Delta since the start of May. No one knows why the animals are dying, with lab results on […]

Moscow: Russians have overwhelmingly backed constitutional reforms that will allow President Vladimir Putin to potentially extend his rule to 2036, the Central Election Commission (CEC) said Thursday. With all votes counted, the CEC said that 77.92 percent of voters had backed the reforms, with a turnout of about 65 percent. Just over 21.2 percent had […]

By Chen Qingqing and Bai Yunyi – Global Times Hong Kong: A Hong Kong association gathers at Chater Garden, Central Hong Kong, in support of the national security legislation in the city. Dozens of participants marched to the US Consulate General in Hong Kong waving the Five-Starred Red Flag and shouting slogans supporting the legislation […]