Masyaf (Syria): The number of people killed in overnight Israeli strikes in Syria has risen to 18 with dozens more wounded, Syria's health minister said on Monday — the largest death toll in such an attack since the beginning of the war in Gaza.

Copenhagen (Denmark): There's no evidence that a well-known beluga whale that lived off Norway's coast and whose harness ignited speculation it was a Russian spy was shot to death last month as claimed by animal rights groups, Norwegian police said on Monday.

A bridge collapsed Monday as more rain fell on northern Vietnam from a former typhoon that caused landslides, flooding, power outages and at least 21 deaths, state media reported.

There is no plan to change the national anthem of Bangladesh, the country's Religious Affairs Advisor AFM Khalid Hossain said on Saturday.

Islamabad: In a rare public acknowledgement by a serving Pakistani army chief, General Asim Munir has mentioned the involvement of Pakistan army in the Kargil war as he listed the 1999 conflict with India among the major wars fought with the eastern neighbour.

London: The heads of the British and American foreign intelligence agencies said on Saturday that Ukraine's surprise incursion into Russia is a significant achievement that could change the narrative of the grinding 2-1/2-year war, as they urged Kyiv's allies not to be held back by Russian threats of escalation.

Karachi: Relatives of a father-daughter duo have forgiven a female from a wealthy, influential Pakistani business family here who ran down a luxurious SUV over them, her lawyer said on Friday.

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft returned to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday without its astronauts. The gumdrop-shaped capsule, which was initially launched with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, landed safely at the White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico.