Floodwaters had rushed through towns and cities, sweeping away cars, trucks and even massive shipping containers

A ballot measure in California, if passed, would lead to redrawing congressional districts meant to help Democrats in the 2026 midterm election.

In Virginia, Democrat Abigail Spanberger easily won the election for governor; and in New Jersey, Democrat Mikie Sherrill won the race.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres yesterday warned against violations of the ceasefire in Gaza that halted two years of devastating war in the Palestinian territory.

New Yorkers looked set to elect a young Muslim leftist as mayor yesterday as US voters cast judgment for the first time on Donald Trump’s tumultuous second presidency in nationwide local elections.

Sudan’s army-backed authorities were due to meet yesterday to discuss a US proposal for a ceasefire in the war with the paramilitary, a government source told AFP, as the UN chief called for an end to the “nightmare of violence”.

Days of ferocious snowstorms and an avalanche in Nepal’s treacherous Himalayan peaks have killed nine people, including five Italian climbers, officials said yesterday.

Russia said yesterday that its forces were tightening their encirclement of Ukrainian troops in the city of Pokrovsk, a transport and logistics hub they have been trying to capture for over a year.

India launched a revision of its voter rolls yesterday, expanding a contentious exercise that activists warn could fuel disenfranchisement in the world’s largest democracy.

The world has failed to meet its main climate change target of limiting the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius, and will likely breach this threshold in the next decade, the United Nations’ Environment Programme said yesterday.

Former US vice president Dick Cheney has died aged 84, US media reported yesterday, citing a statement from his family.

Some Tanzanians were venturing out yesterday as restrictions, including a curfew and an internet blackout, were partially lifted after elections erupted into violence that the opposition says has left hundreds dead.

Thirteen suspected drug cartel members died Monday in a shootout with authorities in the troubled Mexican state of Sinaloa, officials said.

No details of US truce proposal have been made public yet

Rio police earlier launched an attack on drug cartels, killing 121

India is ramping up aid to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and branding itself as the region's "first responder" after Monday's deadly earthquake, seeking to counter China's efforts to fill the void left by the West, officials and analysts said..Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar wa

Americans remain evenly split between supporting Republicans and Democrats

The controversial vice president shaped post-9/11 US policy and expanded executive power

Putin also ordered the cabinet to take measures to develop transport links at Russia's borders with China and North Korea

Entire towns on the island of Cebu have been inundated