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Chinese Defence Attache You Jian thanked India's military for rescuing 12 crew members from a burning cargo ship off Kerala last year

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.

India is often called the "pharmacy of the world" as it supplies generic medicines to countries across the globe. In the US, Indian generic medicines make up nearly 40 per cent by volume.

US military says it's launched an 11th night of strikes on Iran as they vie for control of choked-off Strait of Hormuz.

The US military has confirmed that a third service member is believed to be dead in Friday's attack on a base in Jordan and identified them as Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad, 28, of Ozone Park, New York.

US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday the imposition of steep tariffs on imported generic drugs from August 2028, a move he said was aimed at onshoring production of such pharmaceutical products.

Kidnappings have become a key moneymaking strategy for armed groups in Nigeria, including jihadists in the northeast and non-ideological gangs locally known as bandits who dominate the northwest.

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.

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.

A ferry capsized in Guyana over the weekend, killing at least 53 people.

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani releases a video statement calling for Israeli PM Netanyahu to face trial for war crimes.

Gaza mourns as families are buried after Israeli attacks leave dozens dead, including children and displaced families.

Boat carrying migrants and refugees from Africa ran out of fuel, leading to a tragedy with 143 dead and 38 rescued.

France will ban social media for under-15s from September 1, following the UK and Australia’s moves toward blanket bans.

A deadly attack near Anefis exposes the growing challenges facing Mali's military leaders.

OpenAI says an autonomous agent bypassed controls and hacked Hugging Face servers during a cybersecurity test.

Proposed rules would have US regulator block the entry of swarm-capable drones, mainly from China.

US officials claim evidence points to lettuce grown in Mexico, which Mexico's Health Ministry disputes.

Families in Venezuela search through the rubble of their homes, weeks after the 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes hit.

Gavito: Israel will likely keep pushing limits in Lebanon, making a full withdrawal unlikely amid security concerns.

A leopard storms into a store in Rajasthan, India, attacking an employee and causing panic.

Trump threatens to bomb a suspected Iranian nuclear site called Pickaxe Mountain 'very heavily'.

Explosions reported in northwestern Iran's Tabriz, capital Tehran and across southern Iran.

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 Syrskii 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.