India, in focus.
YSRCP leader Sake Sailajanath accused the government of lacking a contingency plan for El Niño-driven drought, demanding compensation, crop insurance and power for farmers.
Telangana faces a severe monsoon shortfall, with August rainfall 38% below normal and September 79% deficient, amid the strongest El Niño since 1997. A low pressure system in the Bay of Bengal offers hope.
Firefighters found burnt human remains inside a ferry that caught fire off Palawan, Philippines, leaving five dead and 84 missing.
Karnataka's Minor Irrigation Minister Ajay Dharam Singh has directed officials to prioritise filling lakes in drought-affected taluks using existing lift irrigation schemes and other available water sources.
The IMD expects widespread rain over central, eastern and western India this week, with northwest India likely to receive lighter, scattered showers.
Heavy rain and strong winds lashed Delhi on Friday, prompting a red alert until 5 p.m. as the city prepares to host the BRICS Summit.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed officials to make rain-damaged roads motorable immediately and complete repairs before the festive season.
UPPRPB has postponed the UP Home Guard Physical Efficiency Test scheduled from September 14, 2026, due to rain and waterlogging. A new schedule is awaited.
A Dutch tour bus overturned in eastern Switzerland on Thursday afternoon, killing several people and injuring others, police said. The coach was carrying 48 passengers.
A low-pressure zone over the North Bay of Bengal brought rain across Andhra Pradesh, with the IMD issuing an orange alert for six districts on Friday.
Over two dozen Paniya tribal families in Malappuram district continue to live in plastic sheds in forested areas across the Chaliyar river, seven years after a flood displaced them.
A fire aboard a cargo ship undergoing repairs at Qingdao port in China killed 25 people, with 12 evacuated safely and five hospitalised in stable condition.
A fire aboard the MV June Aster off Coron, Palawan killed at least five people and left 84 missing, with 43 rescued.
Hawaii tourism officials are asking visitors to postpone travel to Kauai as the island recovers from Hurricane Lowell, which damaged resorts, roads and power lines.
Rescuers in the Philippines are trying to board a charred ferry where a fire killed at least five people and left 84 missing.
At least five people died and 86 remain missing after a passenger ferry caught fire off Coron, Palawan. Forty-three have been rescued.
Seven workers were injured when a launching girder failed at an under-construction four-lane bridge in Vaishali, Bihar. NHAI has ordered a technical assessment.
A Delhi court has refused anticipatory bail to a Satya Niketan PG operator after a building collapse killed seven people, noting the probe is at an initial stage.
A video journalist describes fleeing a wall of debris when the World Trade Center's south tower collapsed and reuniting with his father amid the destruction.
Three Building Department engineers from the MCD's South West Zone have been suspended over alleged negligence, days after a Satya Niketan PG building collapse killed seven people.