Asia and Australia

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake with an epicentre in southeastern Turkey near the border of northern Syria has killed hundreds of people and caused widespread destruction. The quake killed at least 641 people across both countries, toppling buildings and sending rescuers scrambling through the rubble to find survivors. The death toll…

According to Russia’s Geneva U.N ambassador, Moscow has submitted concerns to the United Nations about an agreement on Black Sea grain exports, and is prepared to reject renewing the deal next month unless its demands are addressed. The agreement, brokered by the United Nations and Turkey in July, paved the…

Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across most parts of Pakistan have killed nearly 1,000 people and injured and displaced thousands more since mid-June. The new death toll came a day after Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif asked for international help in battling deadly flood damage in the impoverished Islamic…

In actor and BJP leader Sonali Phogat’s murder case, two more people have been arrested, including a drug dealer and the owner of the Goa restaurant where she was seen partying the night before her death. This brings the total number of arrests in the Haryana BJP leader’s death case…

Itaru Nakamura, commissioner general of the National Police Agency announcesd his resignation. This is after an investigation confirmed “shortcomings” in the security plans for assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Mr. Nakamura said he would take responsibility for the failings and step down from his post as police chief. “We…

North Korea has confirmed its first death from Covid-19, with state media adding that tens of thousands more are experiencing fever symptoms. Six people died after suffering a fever with one testing positive for Omicron, state media reported on Friday. It said 187,000 people with a fever were being “isolated…

The latest round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, set to begin in Istanbul on Tuesday, have been overshadowed by claims that the Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich and other members of an informal Russian-Ukrainian negotiating group suffered symptoms consistent with poisoning during an informal round of talks earlier this month.…

All 132 people on board the crashed MU5735 passenger plane have been confirmed dead, said an official in charge of the rescue work on Saturday at a press briefing. The casualties include 123 passengers and the entire aircrew of nine. The announcement was made after six days of detailed searching…

Instagram and Facebook have been banned in Russia after their parent company Meta was declared an “extremist organisation” by a Moscow court. WhatsApp, the most commonly-used messaging service in Russia, escaped court action after the country’s Prosecutor General decided it did not serve as a platform for spreading information publicly.…

A Boeing 737 carrying more than 133 people has crashed in mountains in China, with smoke seen billowing from the scene. Chinese state television says the plane, flying from Kunming to Guangzhou, had an “accident” over Guangxi. The China Eastern Airlines flight had 133 passengers onboard at the time of…