Rainstorms lashed central China's Hunan Province and southwest China's Guizhou Province on Monday and Tuesday, affecting over 1 million people and flooding a historical town.
Palestinian medical sources said that 70 Palestinians have been killed on Tuesday in a series of Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll to 631 since Israel started its offensive on the Hamas-ruled territory on July 8, health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qedra said.
Israel's large-scale military operation in the Gaza Strip has killed 576 Palestinians and injured around 3,600 others, Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qedra said on Tuesday.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday called for greater national effort against gun violence just hours after a latest school shooting happening in the U.S. State of Oregon Tuesday left two dead, including one innocent student.
Egypt's presidential election commission on Tuesday officially announced ex-military chief Abdel- Fattah al-Sisi to be the new president of the most populous Arab state, after achieving a landslide victory over leftist candidate Hamdeen Sabahy in the three-day polls held in late May.
Emergency services rushed more than 1600 people to hospital suffering from heat stroke and heat exhaustion due to a week of unseasonably hot weather through June 1, Japan's Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Tuesday.
Emergency services rushed more than 1600 people to hospital suffering from heat stroke and heat exhaustion due to a week of unseasonably hot weather through June 1, Japan's Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Tuesday.
Thailand was declared under martial law on Tuesday in the face of a looming street chaos in the Thai capital.
Search for the missing in the sunken South Korean ferry was resumed Tuesday after the operations were suspended for three days amid high wave and strong wind.
Up to 11 aircraft and 11 ships will assist in Tuesday's search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the Joint Agency Coordination Center (JACC) said on Tuesday.
Thai caretaker government can control the situation during two mass rallies expected to be staged by opponents and supporters of the government on April 5, Deputy Prime Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul said Tuesday.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged the "immediate renewal of genuine dialogue" in tackling the current crisis in Ukraine.
A Sinai-based militant group said late Tuesday that it carried out the assassination of a senior Egyptian interior ministry official near his house.
U.S. stocks bounced back Tuesday after sinking for three days, as stocks around the world calmed down.
With new heatwave conditions arriving in southeast Australia, South Australian (SA) fire department has declared fire bans across the state, forcing 11 schools to be closed on Tuesday.
With new heatwave conditions arriving in southeast Australia, South Australian (SA) fire department has declared fire bans across the state, forcing 11 schools to be closed on Tuesday.
U.S. stocks trimmed part of earlier losses in a narrowly fluctuating session Tuesday, as investors were awaiting the outcome of the Federal Reserve's two- day policy meeting due out Wednesday afternoon.
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