Indonesia is stepping up efforts to contain forest and land fires across six priority provinces, deploying cloud-seeding aircraft to induce rain as it works to slow the haze now spreading across the region, officials said.

The Myanmar military has escalated its aerial attacks against civilians, with the conflict ravaging the country showing no signs of abating, UN investigators said yesterday.

A Syrian court yesterday sentenced ousted leader Bashar al-Assad to death after a trial in absentia, convicting him of crimes including killings, torture, and arbitrary arrest during the country’s nearly 14-year war.

US President Donald Trump secretly flew out of Turkey last month on a smaller plane than previously known due to an assassination threat from Iran, the Washington Post reported Monday.

Russian attacks across Ukraine killed at least nine people overnight and wounded dozens, authorities said yesterday, after Kyiv warned that Moscow had received more ballistic missiles from North Korea.

The court also sentenced Assad-era official Atif Najib to death for "crimes against humanity" committed when he was head of political security in Daraa province, the cradle of the country's 2011 uprising.

According to the State Department, the visas were revoked from individuals who violated visa terms, committed crimes, called for violence against US citizens, defrauded Americans, abused the immigration system or endangered national security.

Trump's backing of Infantino contrasts with the response of US Soccer, which issued a statement critiquing the FIFA leader alongside Canada Soccer and football organizations in Central America and the Caribbean

Many medical experts cast the push as scientifically baseless and potentially damaging to public health

Trump says Iran must pay for people killed in attacks, protests

Trump had taken the newly renovated Qatari-donated jet to Ankara for the NATO summit but he unexpectedly used an older Air Force One when departing the country, a move that prompted questions about the newer plane's security

Iran’s foreign ministry said yesterday that a defence pact signed last week between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan was “a sign of a change in the perception” of countries in the region towards the United States.

At least 111 people were killed after a powerful earthquake struck western Colombia early yesterday, knocking down buildings across several cities and injuring 87 more, with still others trapped in the rubble.

A new wildfire broke out in Greece yesterday morning southeast of the capital Athens, fanned by strong winds of more than 70 kilometres per hour, firefighters said.

Western Europe experienced its hottest June-July on record as climate change fuels an historic summer of heat, drought and wildfires across the region, the EU’s global warming monitor said yesterday.

Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah yesterday held his first one-on-one meetings with envoys from neighbouring giants China and India, his office said.

Indian students marched towards the state assembly in Jharkhand yesterday, escalating protests over alleged irregularities in government recruitment examinations, with several students also on hunger strike.

The third round of regional elections in Pakistan-administered Kashmir was marred by delays and security concerns yesterday, weeks after deadly protests erupted in the region and authorities imposed sweeping restrictions.

Sri Lankan police yesterday arrested a party leader of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa for allegedly issuing a death threat against the police chief, officers said.

US President Donald Trump has considered declaring victory against Iran without securing a nuclear deal, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday, citing US officials.