Churu on Sunday was the hottest place in Rajasthan as the mercury inched close to 47 degree Celsius.
Myanmar military claimed on Sunday that seven armed group members of the Shan State Army (SSA) , led by Wanhai, had been captured dead in a recent fighting between the two sides.
Rescuers have discovered 16 bodies and are searching for five missing others after flash floods struck a tourist resort in Deli Serdang district of North Sumatra province on Sunday, top official at local disaster agency said Tuesday.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth is due to attend a celebration of her 90th birthday on Sunday featuring some of the leading stars of show business and almost 1,000 horses.
The first imported case of Zika virus infection in Beijing was reported on Sunday, the capital's health and family planning commission said in a statement.
Thirty-four victims of a landslide in east China's Fujian Province on Sunday have been identified by police, many through DNA tests, the rescue headquarters said Wednesday.
The death toll has risen to 35 with one person still missing following a landslide in Taining County in east China's Fujian Province on Sunday, sources with Taining County authorities confirmed Tuesday afternoon.
Up to 30 people including women and children lost their lives in downpour and flash floods that showered the northern Baghlan, Samangan and Takhar provinces on Sunday night, officials said Monday.
The number of victims of a devastating earthquake that jolted Ecuador has risen to 246 dead and 2,527 injured, Vice President Jorge Glas said on Sunday, speaking to the press from the town of Pedernales.
A powerful magnitude-7.3 earthquake struck the island of Kyushu in southwestern Japan early Saturday just a day after a sizable foreshock hit the region, with the number of fatalities now standing at 41 according to the latest figures on Sunday.
Sri Lanka's power chief resigned on Sunday following a nation wide power failure, the third to be reported in the country within six months.
Twelve miners have been confirmed dead and another was injured after a gas outburst occurred in a coal mine in northeast China's Jilin Province on Sunday, rescuers said on Monday.
Rescuers on Sunday took the body of captain out from a ship that sank on Friday in Bali Strait, bringing the total casualty of the sea incident to 5, rescuer said.
France on Sunday urged Turkey to immediately halt shelling Kurdish militia in Syria, an offensive that could cast doubts to implement an already fragile ceasefire deal in the war-torn country, French presidential office the Elysee has announced.
The United States has led a drive to exert military pressure on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in response to Pyongyang's satellite launch on Sunday, risking an escalation of regional tension.
The UN Security Council is to meet in an emergency session here on Sunday morning to discuss the satellite launch by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), which violates relevant Security Council resolutions, diplomatic sources told Xinhua on Saturday night.
One soldier and one policeman were killed on Sunday in clashes with Kurdistan workers' Party ( PKK) in the district of Cizre in Sirnak province, the Turkish General Staff stated on Sunday.
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