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At least 51 people have been killed and 39 others injured as severe floods and landslides triggered by days of heavy rainfall continue to devastate large parts of Bangladesh, according to the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief.

The conflict between the United States and Iran escalated sharply on Sunday after the U.S. launched large-scale airstrikes on Iranian military targets in response to an Iranian attack on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz.
The ship caught fire, forcing its crew to abandon it, while one Indian crew member remained missing after rescue

Authorities in southern China said Thursday that 39 people died in flooding after a tropical storm dumped heavy rainfall, as the country’s east coast and Taiwan prepared for a typhoon expected to make landfall in the coming days.

China on Thursday urged the US to honour its commitment to recognise Tibet as part of China and not to support Tibetan independence. The US State Department said in a statement on Wednesday that it supports the

The United States launched new airstrikes against Iran early Thursday, and Tehran responded by targeting US-allied Mideast countries in an exchange of fire that threatened an interim deal intended to help end the war in the Middle East.