A 13-year-old girl is among 33 British citizens missing after a flash flood struck the Nepal-Tibet border on Wednesday, with over 400 travellers unaccounted for across multiple nationalities.

Fifty endangered parrot eggs were intercepted at Johannesburg’s main airport last Thursday, with a Thai national arrested for smuggling them in a homemade incubator bag. Many eggs have since hatched and are receiving specialized care.

High summer power bills in Oklahoma have sparked widespread protests and utility disconnections, with some residents facing bills exceeding $1,300 as heat waves intensify across the country.

Indonesia faces severe air pollution from intensifying wildfires in Borneo and Sumatra, with smoke drifting across borders to Malaysia and Singapore amid a strong El Niño weather pattern.

Fuel shortages and long gas station lines have appeared across Tehran as the U.S. tightens sanctions on Iran, though Iranian leadership shows no signs of yielding to economic pressure.

Dolly Parton, the legendary country music icon who died Tuesday at age 80, reflected on her career spanning nearly five decades in interviews about songwriting, acting, and charitable work.

New Zealand voters are increasingly abandoning the major Labour and National parties ahead of November elections, with the centrist Opportunity party polling at 5-8% and potentially holding kingmaker status in parliament.

The Trump administration’s new economic campaign against Iran faces a significant constraint with China, which is Tehran’s largest trading partner and oil buyer, complicating efforts to maximize pressure while maintaining a fragile U.S.-China trade truce ahead of a planned presidential summit.

China has restricted AI companion chatbots for minors and limited them for adults, citing concerns about emotional dependence and the potential replacement of human relationships amid a growing loneliness crisis.