Rescuers recovered the body of renowned climber Nirmal Purja yesterday after an avalanche killed him and nine team members on one of the world’s highest peaks in northern Pakistan, the Alpine Club of Pakistan said.

An Indonesian ferry caught fire at sea yesterday, killing five people and leaving another 41 missing after some jumped overboard, search and rescue officials said.

Overnight Israeli strikes on Gaza hit multiple residential buildings and killed at least nine people, authorities said yesterday, despite Hamas saying it agreed to the latest stage of a deal to end the war.

Ukraine attacked multiple regions of Russia yesterday, killing at least eight people, Russian officials said. Some of the strikes hit hundreds of kilometres from the front line, according to authorities.

President Donald Trump said late on Saturday the US would hold off on a fresh attack on Iran as long as a deal could be reached quickly to halt Iran’s nuclear ambitions and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

A small plane carrying foreign tourists to view Peru’s famed Nazca Lines archaeological site crashed Saturday, killing all 13 people on board, police said.

271 people were on board

The latest unrest came almost a month after another prison riot in the same region, in which 10 guards and 21 inmates were killed

A small plane carrying foreign tourists to view Peru's famed Nazca Lines archaeological site crashed Saturday, killing all 13 people on board, police said

Delangue also mentioned Anthropic, which revealed Thursday that three of its models had broken into three different websites, also during testing.

Across Southeast Asia, illegal cryptocurrency miners are stealing vast amounts of electricity, straining national grids, and exposing links to organized crime

Fears had mounted that the fighting could escalate once again, after Trump threatened to hit Iran "very hard," and was reportedly considering renewed heavy attacks, including against energy infrastructure targets

Blast kills security guard, woman carrying bomb and restaurant customer, RIA reports

More than 50,000 crossed border in deadly rush

Seven Italians, two Germans and two Spaniards were killed, along with two crew members, a spokesman for the transport ministry said

The US State Department will make permanent a visa bond programme that could require applicants from 50 countries, including Bangladesh, to post bonds of up to $20,000 when seeking US visas, according to a federal notice posted online on Friday.

US embassies in several Middle Eastern capitals yesterday warned American citizens to beware an “unforeseen escalation” in the regional conflict and urged them to be ready to leave hours after President Donald Trump threatened to hit Iran “very hard”.

Any country serving as defensive shield for America will be 'engulfed by the flames of war,' says Iran's military central command

Most of the migrants had returned by Saturday back to Morocco after tens of thousands crossed over the border, most by swimming around the small frontier post that juts into the Mediterranean Sea

The biggest political crisis of Modi's third term peaked in July after the leak of national exam papers forced a retest for 2 million students, fuelling anger over the lack of opportunities for young Indians.