Syria has closed the Nassib border crossing with Jordan after Jordanian airstrikes on southern Syria killed seven people, including three children, and the two neighbours now disagree over whether the operation was coordinated.
The Vatican says Pope Leo is fit to make his November 6-17 trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, after doctors found no medical reason to stop the journey following his lung cancer surgery.
India’s Defence Acquisition Council has cleared capital acquisition proposals worth ₹2.12 lakh crore across the Army, Navy and Air Force, with about 82 per cent earmarked for Indian industry.
Protesters walked into Informer TV’s newsroom in Belgrade late on Monday, interrupting a broadcast to demand the arrest of editor Dragan Vucicevic, as post-election celebrations continued for a second night.
A drone strike on a market in Nyala, the RSF’s de facto capital in Darfur, killed 21 people and wounded at least 40 others on Monday evening, medics and witnesses said — on a day when both sides of Sudan’s war traded drone attacks across the country.
UKMTO reported a vessel on fire 63 nautical miles southeast of Iraq’s Al-Faw peninsula, with crew status unknown, as Gulf shipping risks spread beyond the Strait of Hormuz.
A senior Houthi official said on Tuesday that Egypt’s decision to authorise military support for Saudi Arabia amounts to a declaration of war against Yemen, a day after Egypt’s parliament voted to back Riyadh’s defence.
At least 18 people were rescued from the Banana Tree Hotel in Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, after a fifth-floor fire during renovation work. Nine fire tenders responded and no casualties were reported.
Nepal is on high alert from October 29 to 31 as Cyclone Arnab strengthens in the Bay of Bengal, bringing heavy rain, strong winds, snowfall and avalanche risk to five provinces and the Himalayan highlands.
Five people remain unaccounted for after the Prospector 5 drilling rig sank off Gabon, with 110 of 115 people accounted for and search operations continuing.