"101 buildings have been demolished, and the remaining 47 buildings are in progress," said the newspaper.

Rescue operations were underway to locate survivors

A list of US strikes near the Venezuelan coast

The twister on Friday evening flipped cars like toys and wrecked buildings in Rio Bonito do Iguacu, a town of 14,000 people in Parana state

DHS said the suspect, who was driving a black Jeep, remained at large

Air traffic control staffing issues delay flights in 12 major US cities

More than 300 domestic and international flights have been cancelled

Iran was laying plans yesterday to cut off water supplies periodically to Tehran’s 10-million-strong population as it battles its worst drought in many decades.

A tornado killed at least five people and injured more than 400 as it destroyed most of a town in southern Brazil, authorities said yesterday.

A Russian attack hit Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, killing two people and prompting power cuts in several regions, Ukrainian authorities said yesterday.

Peace talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan broke down, although a ceasefire continues between the South Asian neighbours, a Taliban spokesperson said yesterday.

Israeli settlers carried out at least 264 attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank during October, marking the biggest monthly total since United Nations officials began tracking such incidents in 2006, the UN said.

President Donald Trump said no US officials would attend the G20 summit in South Africa, reviving debunked claims of white Afrikaners being systematically “killed and slaughtered” in the country.

A US federal judge has ruled that Donald Trump’s National Guard deployment to Portland, Oregon is “unlawful” and ordered it permanently blocked, a legal setback for the president’s use of troops in the country’s cities.

Turkey issued arrest warrants for genocide against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior officials in his government over the war in Gaza, as Israel continued to kill Palestinians violating a ceasefire.

The fire in Dilovasi was brought under control by firefighters

The two countries met in Istanbul on Thursday to try to finalise a truce agreed on October 19 in Qatar

In 2007 he became second person in the world to have full genome sequenced

Iran's embassy in Mexico on Friday rejected claims by the United States and Israel that it had plotted to assassinate Israel's ambassador to the Latin American country -- a plot that was foiled

Forty airports were slated for the cuts