A UPS cargo plane's left wing caught fire and an engine fell off just before it crashed and exploded after takeoff in Kentucky, a federal official has said, offering the first investigative details about a disaster that killed at least 12 people, including a child.

US President Donald Trump has once again reiterated that India and Pakistan "made peace" in May after he threatened the two nuclear-armed neighbours with snapping trade deals if they continued their military conflict, a claim he has repeated several times since then.

US President Donald Trump has mocked New York City's Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, referring to him as “whatever the hell his name is”, while asserting that Americans now face a stark choice between "communism and common sense" following the November 4 elections.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr declared a state of emergency on Thursday after Typhoon Kalmaegi left at least 241 people dead and missing in central provinces in the deadliest natural disaster to hit the country this year.

Amid New Delhi’s battle with air pollution, China’s spokesperson to India Yu Jing took to X to draw parallels between the air pollution crisis of both countries and added that Beijing stands ready “to share our journey toward blue ones.”

First responders prepared to resume looking for victims Wednesday after a UPS cargo plane crashed and exploded in a massive fireball while taking off from the company's global aviation hub at the airport in Louisville, Kentucky, killing at least seven people and injuring 11, authorities said.

 Indian-origin mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, won a second term defeating Republican challenger Cory Bowman, the half-brother of Vice President JD Vance, local media reported.

India-born American politician Ghazala Hashmi has been elected as Virginia’s Lieutenant Governor, becoming the first Muslim and South Asian American to be elected to the top political post in the state.