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Three members of a family from Hyderabad died and two others were injured in a road accident in the US state of California, according to information received by their family here on Tuesday.

US President Donald Trump vowed Tuesday to help Lebanon "a lot" as its president, Joseph Aoun, sought Washington's backing for a fragile effort to disarm Hezbollah and forge a path to peace with Israel.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that he was dismissing Oleksandr Syrsky, commander-in-chief of Ukraine's army, and appointing joint forces commander Mykhailo Drapaty in his place.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday the Iran war has cost the United States $37.5 billion so far, up from a previous estimate of nearly $29 billion in mid-May.

US-Iran War News Live Updates: The US State Department has issued an alert urging American citizens around the world to "exercise increased caution" over the war with Iran. The alert said that "due to heightened tensions in the Middle East.

According to a Wall Street Journal report citing US and Israeli officials, Israeli intelligence believes the transfer took place last autumn, months after the 12-day conflict in June 2025, when US and Israeli forces struck several of Iran's nuclear facilities.

Pickaxe Mountain is located near Natanz and is believed by Western intelligence agencies to house an undeclared nuclear enrichment facility buried deep beneath the ground.

The comments came a day after India lodged a strong diplomatic protest with Moscow over the attack on the Guinea-Bissau-flagged merchant vessel MV Golden Leo, which was hit while leaving Ukraine's port of Odesa on Sunday.

Coroner Irvine reportedly said that Kaliyah died from immersion in the river.

Shinsei Taguchi fell from a 12-storey apartment building in Japan on July 19, landing on pedestrian Houra Inaba.

According to a document seen by Bloomberg, a company offered seafarers an additional six months' salary if they completed a round trip through the strait to collect crude oil from Saudi Arabia or Iraq and unload it in the Gulf of Oman.

The suspect, who has been partially identified in German media as 45-year-old Fatih Khan G., was found dead by jail staff in his single cell early Tuesday.

Kuwait's ministry of electricity confirmed fires at several facilities due to repeated attacks by Iran over four days.

The UN refugee agency UNHCR said that overall, three rescue and disembarkation operations were conducted between July 14 and 18 in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, bringing 387 people of various nationalities safely ashore.

The devastated area is about four times the size of Paris. And the area burned so far in 2026 has already far exceeded the total for all of 2025. France's all-time annual record stands at 66,300 hectares burned in 2022.

Both launched ambitious military jet engine programmes during the 1980s. Both depended heavily on Soviet and Russian technology. Four decades later, however, the finish line tells two dramatically different stories.

According to DHS, students already in the US under D/S on September 15 can continue to remain until the programme completion date mentioned on their Form I-20 or until the end of approved optional practical training.

A proposal to ban social media for under-15 children is to be voted on by France's parliament on Tuesday.

The Justice Department said Chinese donors have given money to Harvard to support financial aid programs limited to students from certain countries.

As the US destroys Chabahar in Iran, one thing is clear: India cannot wait eternally for the whims of others to do what is vital for its own interests.

The Lebanese army has begun deploying in three southern towns as part of a US-backed framework agreement with Israel.

US report says the beleaguered government in Havana is the 'connective tissue' of a global 'anti-American coalition'.

Political newcomer Vasile Tofan inherits Moldova's push to join the European Union by 2030.

Replaced military chief Syrskyi clashed with former Defence Minister Fedorov, whose removal last week led to protests.

A drone has revealed what remains of this forest after a wildfire burned through over 30,000 hectares of it.

Latest cost comes as Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Caine seek a $1.5 trillion budget, including $70bn for Iran war.

Iran has held funerals for 32 children killed in a US strike on a school in Minab, Iran on February 28.

Newly named Hamas leader al-Hayya faces pressure to cede power amid Gaza's fragile ceasefire.

Search continues for dozens more people unaccounted for after the MV Barima capsized on Saturday night.

A Russian guided aerial bomb attack on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, killed at least three people and injured 13 others.

President Emmanuel Macron, who has championed the initiative, wants the ban in effect before the upcoming school year.

UNAIDS chief calls for 'radical change' as aid cuts gut HIV clinics and treatment worldwide.

Ozgur Ozel hopes to launch new main opposition after court removed him as leader of the CHP.

Relations between Canada and its largest trading partner have been tested by Trump's repeated jibes, threats and tariffs

Fire breaks out amid Spain's third heatwave of the summer, with temperatures forecast to rise above 40C.

Kuwaitis are rationing electricity after Iranian strikes on power infrastructure are raising fears of outages

The order prevents thousands from El Salvador, Sudan and Ukraine from losing work authorisation while lawsuit proceeds.

At least 10 people have died and 17 remain trapped after a suspected gas explosion caused a tunnel to collapse.

Republican-led EEOC proposal to end workforce diversity reporting heads to public commentary amid sharp criticism.

With every new round of attacks raising political cost of compromise, analysts warn the window for peace may be closing.

Rescuers in eastern Afghanistan are searching through mud and rubble after flash floods and a landslide

US President Trump said he is open to direct talks with Hezbollah.

The trial between the state of Tennessee and Instagram is kicking off this week.

Dutch ban on Israeli goods from occupied territory comes as efforts to implement EU-wide sanctions remain stalled.

Saudi Arabia has so far ignored provocations to preserve regional stability. But it may soon be pushed into action.