Hello. The US and Iran for the first time since July, Nepal searched for hundreds after deadly floods, and a helped break a German drone firm into the US.
Plus, the brings hope and a sex-tourism crackdown.
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- US forces struck two Iranian launchers on Larak Island, marking the first known American strikes on Iran since late July. Follow our live page for updates.
- The Revolutionary Guards said it launched ballistic missiles in response to the US attack.
- Donald Trump posted an AI-generated video clip that he said showed Iran's oil hub Kharg Island being . An Iranian official dismissed it as "laughable."
- Oil prices were trading after the attack.
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- Nepal's rescue teams worked overnight to reach hundreds of people believed to be stuck inside blocked hydropower project tunnels in the aftermath of last week's Himalayan flood.
- Russia is undertaking an and the surrounding region. Jet-powered drones have swarmed the city and nearby towns for four consecutive days, killing residents and damaging homes.
- Nearly 20 people were missing after a ferry capsized off northern Cyprus, killing at least eight. Divers joined search teams scouring deep waters for any survivors after the double-hulled ferry with 267 aboard took on water and flipped on Sunday.
- Icelanders voted to stay out of the European Union, referendum results showed, as they rejected a government push to reopen membership talks and sided with those who said Iceland's fishing waters were too important to risk.
- Google Maps changed the name of for US users to reflect Trump's executive order renaming the smallest of the Great Lakes.
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REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
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Three months before a wall of water, mud and rock bordering Nepal and China, experts and officials from both countries met in Kathmandu to discuss the risk of such disasters.
They talked about strengthening cooperation to monitor and respond to floods, weather and glacier-related hazards and called for joint risk-reduction measures, including inventories of glacial lakes and hazard mapping.
But two Nepali officials told Reuters they did not receive as much information as they wanted and they feared insufficient data sharing could hamper their ability to prepare for disasters.
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REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
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The USS Abraham Lincoln will dock in Thailand's resort city of Pattaya after a very long deployment in the Middle East. Locals hope for an economic boost even as authorities are trying in advance to reduce opportunities for sex tourism.
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