The death toll from a landfill collapse in the central Philippines has risen to four, an official said on Saturday, as rescue efforts continued for dozens who remained missing.
Indian officials are investigating whether safety lapses in the supply of a pharmaceutical ingredient caused contaminated cough syrup that has killed at least 24 children in recent months.
An Indian Tejas fighter jet crashed in a fireball during an aerial display at the Dubai Airshow on Friday, prompting the Indian Air Force to launch an inquiry to determine the cause.
On an overcast morning, Nurun Nabi loads bamboo poles and tin sheets onto a wooden boat as his home built just a year ago on a fragile Brahmaputra island faces submersion.
Indian police detained dozens of people during a rare protest at New Delhi’s India Gate monument demanding action against toxic air choking the capital and surrounding areas.
Britain said on Wednesday it had agreed to a deal with Vietnam to curb illegal migration in what it described as the strongest Hanoi had ever agreed with another country.
