Forty seven people died and over 200,000 were infected by the dengue virus across Sri Lanka in the first seven months this year, the government information department quoted the Epidemiology Unit as saying on Monday. Till the end of July, a total of 234,078 dengue cases were reported,

At least 18 people have been killed and another 14 were missing as of 3:30 pm on Saturday due to a barrier lake burst as Typhoon Lekima swept through East China's Zhejiang province, the local publicity department said. Typhoon Lekima made landfall at about 1:45 am on Saturday in

At least 30 people were killed in a landslide that buried several houses in a small town in southeastern Myanmar, official sources said on Saturday. The Southeast Asian country's Fire Service Department announced the death toll of the avalanche – which was caused by heavy

Five people were killed and three injured following a rocket explosion on a naval test range in Russia on Thursday, state nuclear company Rosatom confirmed. Rostacom said the accident occurred during tests on a liquid propellant rocket engine. The three injured staff members

North Korea has fired two missiles into the sea, its fifth such launch in recent weeks. The missiles are thought to be short-range ballistic missiles, South Korea's military says. If confirmed, such a test would be a breach of 11 UN security Council resolutions. The launches

A Cambodian man has been rescued after being trapped in a cave for four days whilst collecting bat droppings. Sum Bora slipped between two rocks on Sunday while trying to retrieve his torch, police in the north-western province of Battambang said. The 28-year-old, left without food

Chinese authorities have declared a red alert as a powerful typhoon heads towards the eastern coast. Typhoon Lekima is currently battering Taiwan with winds of more than 190km/h (120mph) and is due to make landfall in China's Zhejiang province on Saturday. Emergency teams have

Director General (DG) Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) of Pakistan Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor on Friday says Pakistan would respond to any attempt of "misadventure" by the Indian Army with a response "even stronger" than on February 27. He also dismissed as "usual blatant lies" a

An Indian Air Force fighter jet crashed Thursday night in Assam. The air force jet that crashed was a Sukhoi Su-30. The Su-30 MKI fighter jet was on a routine training mission when it crashed in the paddy field in the Milanpur area and burst into flames at around 8:30 pm. The two

Increasingly frequent marine heatwaves can lead to the almost instant death of corals, scientists working on the Great Barrier Reef have found. These episodes of unusually high water temperatures are - like heatwaves on land - associated with climate change. Scientists studying

Pranab Mukherjee - former President and a life-long Congressman respected across party lines -- has received the country's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, from his successor President Ram Nath Kovind. The award ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on Thursday evening was

Pakistan says it has suspended a key train service with neighbouring India over a change in Kashmir’s special status by New Delhi. Railways minister of Pakistan Sheikh Rashid Ahmad said the Express, or Friendship Express, train service is suspended from Thursday. It comes a day

Former President Pranab Mukherjee, will be honoured with India's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna by President Ram Nath Kovind. Mukherjee's life-long political career spanned about five decades, during which he held various key posts in the Congress as well as in the

The Israel National Library on Wednesday unveiled a missing batch of Czech Jewish writer Franz Kafka's papers, ending more than a decade of legal wrangling over ownership in Israel and Europe. As he battled with tuberculosis in an Austrian sanitorium, the author of "The Trial" and

US President Donald Trump has visited two cities reeling from mass shootings but the trip saw protests and feuds with local politicians. Mr Trump called for unity in the wake of the attacks in Texas and Ohio and spent Wednesday visiting emergency responders and survivors. But

Activist Tehseen Poonawalla has approached the Supreme Court of India, challenging the continuing lockdown in Kashmir Valley to prevent any backlash over the government's decision to strip Jammu and Kashmir of special status and split it into two union territories. Seeking an

The UN has said the latest restrictions imposed on Indian-administered Kashmir are deeply concerning and "will exacerbate the human rights situation". A UN spokesperson highlighted a telecommunications ban, the arbitrary detention of leaders and a ban on political assembly. The

Security forces in the central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan have stormed the home of former President Almazbek Atambayev in an attempt to detain him. Mr Atambayev's supporters clashed with the troops and one officer died from gunshot wounds, officials said. It is understood Mr

Pakistan announced on Wednesday that it is expelling the Indian High Commissioner and suspending bilateral trade with its nuclear-armed neighbour, days after New Delhi stripped the disputed Kashmir region of its special autonomy. "We will call back our ambassador from Delhi and send

A protester died after being chased by police during a curfew in Srinagar, a police official said on Wednesday.  The death was confirmed by police after the government passed a presidential decree on Monday stripping the Muslim majority state of its longstanding semi-autonomous