Israeli tanks pushed into northern parts of the Khan Younis area in the south of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday and Palestinian medics said Israeli airstrikes had killed at least 20 people across the enclave. Residents said tanks advanced one day after the Israeli military issued new evacuation order
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who vowed to make his country a "global pivotal state", faced immediate international diplomatic fallout on Wednesday after his botched attempt to impose martial law. Yoon declared martial law in a live TV address late on Tuesday night, only to reverse course
South Korean lawmakers on Wednesday called for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol after he declared martial law only to reverse the move hours later, triggering the biggest political crisis in decades in Asia's fourth-largest economy. The surprise declaration late on Tuesday ignited a stan
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared an "emergency martial law," Tuesday accusing the country's opposition of controlling the parliament, sympathizing with North Korea and paralyzing the government with anti-state activities. Yoon made the announcement in a televised briefing, vowing
At least seven members of a family have been killed in a landslide that hit the Tamil Nadu temple town of Tiruvannamalai on Monday, leading to a boulder falling on a residential building. The second landslide occurred a day after the first one on Sunday at 4:30pm on the lower slopes of the famous
A court in Vietnam on Tuesday upheld a death sentence for real estate tycoon Truong My Lan after rejecting her appeal against a conviction for embezzlement and bribery in a high-profile $12 billion fraud case, state media reported. Lan, the chairwoman of real estate developer Van Thinh Phat Holdin
Hundreds of Iran-backed Iraqi fighters crossed into Syria on Monday to help the government fight rebels who seized Aleppo last week, but Lebanon's Hezbollah has no plans for now to join them, according to sources. Iran's constellation of allied regional militia groups, aided by Russian air power,
Malaysia and Thailand are facing a second wave of heavy rain and potential flooding this week, authorities said on Monday, even as some displaced residents were able to return home and the worst floods in decades began receding in some areas. Since last week, 27 people have died and more than half
Cyclone Fengal killed at least 19 people in India and Sri Lanka and caused flooding in Tamil Nadu state and the Puducherry region after crossing India's southern coast from the Bay of Bengal on Saturday. Puducherry had been hit by the heaviest 24-hour rainfall in 30 years, India's weather office s
The Chennai airport in South India has resumed flight operations around 4am on Sunday after Cyclone Fengal completed the landfall process on Sunday around 2am, crossing the Tamil Nadu coast between Karaikal and Mahabalipuram, the India Meteorological Department said. However, flyers complained of
The death toll of sectarian violence in Kurram district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province rose to 124, local administration said on Saturday. An official from the local administration of the district said the death toll rose after 16 more people died in armed clashes during the l
The death toll from the worst floods in decades in southern Thailand and northern Malaysia climbed to at least 12 on Saturday, authorities said, as tens of thousands of people were evacuated due to rising water levels in the past three days. In southern Thailand, the floods have impacted n
Israeli aircraft struck Hezbollah weapons smuggling sites along Syria's border with Lebanon, the Israeli military said Saturday, testing a fragile, days-old ceasefire that halted months of fighting between the sides but has seen continued sporadic fire. The military said it struck sites that
