US Central Command said Tuesday it has begun striking military targets in Iran for the "11th consecutive night," as attacks in the Middle East war intensify.

The United Nations said yesterday that 144 refugees and migrants were reported dead or missing after “tragic maritime incidents” off the coast of Mauritania last week.

Forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon fell to a historic low in 2025 after peaking the previous year, according to a report published yesterday.

Rescuers were struggling to reach residents trapped under mud and boulders in eastern Afghanistan yesterday, after a major flood smashed through one province killing at least 23 people.

Africa has for the first time become the continent with the largest number of people facing hunger, a UN report said yesterday, as a growing number of Africans have faced undernourishment.

Russian forces took control of the village of Volokhivske in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region and continued to hit infrastructure used by Kyiv’s military in the Ukrainian port of Odesa, news agencies cited the Defence Ministry as saying yesterday.

An Israeli air strike has killed a man, his wife and their four children in Gaza City in the latest of Israel’s frequent deadly attacks on Palestinians in the devastated enclave, which have continued despite a US-backed “ceasefire” signed more than nine months ago.

The United Nations warned on Monday that Ebola risked spreading in displacement camps in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, saying overcrowding could fuel transmission.

The United States is acting soon on a host of new tariffs targeting dozens of countries, trade envoy Jamieson Greer said yesterday, with President Donald Trump’s temporary global levy due to expire this week.

US forces bombed targets in southern Iran early yesterday after President Trump said Tehran would pay dearly for the deaths of American soldiers, while Iran targeted US sites in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan and two tankers were hit in Hormuz.

Britain’s new Prime Minister Andy Burnham yesterday announced the removal of value added tax (VAT) on UK domestic electricity bills from October, his first measure to ease the cost of living for millions of Britons.

Will join Ireland, Belgium and Spain among EU countries that have imposed restrictions on trade with territories occupied by Israeli settlers

Electricity bills will be VAT-free from October 1, saving an average household around £45 ($61) a year, said UK govt

Police also removed other Congress leaders who were staging the protest against the crackdown on Cockroach Janata Party protesters

Dengue, which causes severe flu-like symptoms and debilitating body aches, has exploded globally, fuelled by rising temperatures and densely populated cities

Victims of transnational online scams in East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand lost up to $114.1 billion last year, a UN report said Tuesday, with estimated losses at least tripling from 2023

India's "Cockroach" party movement vowed Tuesday to press ahead with their campaign until Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigns

The collapse was likely triggered by a blast, the cause of which was yet to be ascertained

Doctors and displaced families in Gaza say the highly contagious disease has surged in recent months as war has forced hundreds of thousands of Palestinians into cramped tent camps with no clean water for hygiene

Yemen's Houthis declare 'maritime embargo' on Saudi Arabia