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AFP/APP Wayanad, India: Relentless downpours and howling winds hampered Wednesday’s search for survivors of landslides that struck Indian tea plantations and killed at least 160 people, most believed to be labourers and their families.…

AFP/APP Haifa: Concerns grew among Israelis on Wednesday over the fate of dozens of hostages still held captive in Gaza following the killing of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. Haniyeh’s killing “was a mistake as it threatens the…

AFP/APP Tehran: On Wednesday, Hamas announced that its political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Tehran, where he had been attending the inauguration of Iran's new president. According to Hamas, Haniyeh's…

AFP/APP Washington: Bot-like accounts on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, which were previously involved in spreading misinformation and hate ahead of Britain’s election, are now amplifying conspiracy theories…

AFP/APP Washington: "Weird" Democrats want this to be the word of 2024 -- their secret weapon to bring down Donald Trump. As a Kamala Harris campaign statement put it, "Trump is old and quite weird?" Harris herself echoed, "Just plain…

News Desk Islamabad: Customs officials at a Chinese airport apprehended a passenger attempting to smuggle 100 live snakes in his pants. The incident occurred when the passenger, whose identity remains unknown, was trying to travel from…

AFP/APP Paris: Massive explosions on the Sun have triggered warnings of geomagnetic storms that could create dazzling auroras in the northern United States, Europe, and southern Australia from Tuesday night. In May, the most powerful…

AFP/APP Paris: The wider Paris region is put on a severe storm alert Tuesday as the city hosts the Olympic Games, with heavy rain, strong thunderstorms, hail and lightning forecast from 6pm, informed France’s weather service.…

AFP/ Xinhua Beijing: Heavy rain and flooding hit central China’s Hunan province, taking seven lives and three going missing, state media reported Tuesday. The rain damaged nearly 900 homes and caused 1,345 road collapses. Around 5,400…

AFP/APP Bengaluru: Heavy monsoon rains triggered landslides in India and struck tea plantations, killing at least 63 people on Tuesday. At least 250 others have been rescued from the mud and debris, informed Kerala State Minister M.B.…