A $300 billion private fund designed ​to trigger investment into Iran is outlined in the U.S.-Iran framework agreement and more than half that sum has already been committed, a source with ‌direct knowledge of the deal told Reuters.

India has temporarily blocked the Telegram messaging app, saying it was used to try to defraud candidates for a national medical entrance test, which was also hit last month by allegations of leaked papers that led millions of results to be cancelled.

Australia’s weather bureau warned on Tuesday that an El Nino weather pattern ​has formed in the tropical Pacific and could intensify in ‌the second half of 2026 to become one of the strongest in seven decades.

India has restricted cough syrup sales to licensed pharmacies especially in villages, preventing over-the-counter sales from retail outlets, as regulators step up scrutiny following contamination-linked ​child deaths last year.

Nepalese Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal met China’s top diplomat Wang Yi, his first trip to the neighbouring superpower since his ​party swept to election victory in March, and days after visiting Beijing’s ‌regional rival India.

Almost all of the world’s children are exposed to at least one climate hazard, with as many as 1.8 billion put in danger ​by droughts and 1.2 billion by extreme heat, the United ‌Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a report.

A 1,000-year-old monastery that symbolises Ukraine’s spiritual and cultural heritage was ​badly damaged in a major attack by Russia that killed 10 people nationwide, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump spoke to the leaders of both countries about ending the war.

One month after Ebola cases were confirmed in eastern Congo, its true scale remains unknown, with major data gaps muddying the picture and persistent, sometimes violent, community resistance hampering the response, ​health workers and officials say.

A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber crashed on takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base in ‌Southern California’s Mojave Desert, bursting into flames and killing all eight crew members aboard, Air Force officials said.

U.S. President Donald Trump said a preliminary agreement to end the war in the Gulf has been signed by the U.S. and Iran, though ​details have yet to be made public and both countries said a permanent truce is yet to be negotiated.

Nine people have been killed and several others injured in a wave of Russian strikes on Ukraine during which a major religious landmark in Kyiv caught fire, reports say.

Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations meet at a ​French lakeside resort on Monday shortly after the U.S. and Iran said they had reached a preliminary deal to end their war.