Heavy downpours trigger severe flooding in eastern Australia, killing at least 4 people.

Canada's parliament approves Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's controversial decision to invoke rarely-used emergency powers to end trucker-led anti-vaccine protests.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invokes rarely-used emergency ordinance in a bid to quell anti-vaccine trucker protests that have brought the capital city Ottawa to a grinding halt.

At least six people are dead and dozens are missing underground after an accident at a Russian coal mine in Siberia.

Emergency workers have battled to relieve flood-hit areas of Turkey's Black Sea region, as the death toll rose to 27 in the second natural disaster to strike the country this month.

Iran issues emergency use approval for its second home-grown coronavirus vaccine.

Iran’s civil aviation authority is waiting for health ministry approval to hold an emergency flight to India.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo orders the military to take over civil authorities in two eastern regions where dozens of armed groups operate and civilians have been subjected to horrifying abuses.

US President Joe Biden has approved federal disaster aid to storm-stricken areas in the southeastern state of Alabama.

At least 14 people are killed after an avalanche hit a gold mine in a remote area of northern Afghanistan controlled by the Taliban, officials say.