BANGKOK, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The toll in northern Thailand from landslides and flooding triggered by Typhoon Kajiki rose to five dead and 15 injured, officials said Thursday, with heavy rain forecast to continue all week. The storm made landfall in Vietnam on Monday, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate, before sweeping across Laos and northern Thailand, bringing torrential rain. Five people were killed and 15 injured in 12 provinces in northern Thailand, according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation. Provinces including Nan, Chiang Rai, Mae Hong Son province were hit particularly hard, with flash floods destroying bridges and cutting off communities. Since Sunday, at least seven people were reported missing, with more than 1,800...
KYIV, Ukraine, Aug 28, 2025 (AFP) - A Russian missile and drone barrage Thursday on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv killed at least 14 people, including...
DAMASCUS, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Israeli drone strikes killed six Syrian soldiers outside Damascus, state television reported Wednesday, updating the toll for attacks the...
KIGALI, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A first group of seven migrants has arrived in Rwanda as part of a deal to accept deportees from...
ROME, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The UN's World Food Programme warned Thursday that Gaza is "at breaking point" and appealed to urgently revive its...
RANGPUR, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS) - Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-13 arrested five fugitive accused in the sensational Masudar Rahman murder case from Gazipur and Bagerhat...
PARIS, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday accused Russia of showing "terror and barbarism" with missile and drone attacks on...
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - EU chief Antonio Costa on Thursday said he was "horrified" by a fresh round of deadly Russian strikes...
JERUSALEM, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Israel's defence minister said Thursday its forces were operating in "all combat zones", after Syrian state media reported a...
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A South African court on Wednesday found radical left politician Julius Malema guilty of hate speech for telling his...
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Investigators were seeking to find out why a heavily-armed shooter opened fire on school children at a church service...
WASHINGTON, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Global air pollution is worsening, with the United States and Canada experiencing the sharpest increases due to record-breaking, climate-supercharged...
KYIV, Ukraine, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday that members of his administration would meet with US officials in New...