Author name: Deutsche Welle

The South Carolina politician and staunch ally of Donald Trump died aged 71 after ​a brief and sudden illness, his office said.

Police in Toronto are responding to an active shooter at a festival in the Canadian city. Two people have been killed and three more wounded, police said.

The Iranian navy has said it closed the Strait of Hormuz after firing on a vessel transiting an “unapproved route.” It said the waterway would reopen after the US ends its “interference in the region.”

Firefighters have started to rein in the wildfire in Spain’s southern Andalusia region that killed 12 people. The affected region is home to one of the largest expat communities.

Bavi has forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate in China, knocked out power in Japan and Taiwan, and triggered deadly landslides in the Philippines.

The Indian embassy released the names of all 32 Indians who were aboard the boat that capsized near Phu Quoc island in Vietnam. At least 15 of them died.

The “Angry Birds Commando” group said they placed incendiary devices on a railroad between the two busy cities of Cologne and Düsseldorf. The group blamed industrial technology for the destruction of the environment.