South Korea is reeling from an unprecedented heatwave, with the death toll rising to 16. Describing the situation as alarming, President Lee Jae-myung said extreme weather is increasingly becoming routine and called for fundamental reform of the national disaster response system.
Police in Tamil Nadu have taken opposition leader Udhayanidhi Stalin into custody over an allegedly obscene comment with sexual innuendo about the friendship between Chief Minister 'Thalapathy' Vijay and popular actress Trisha Krishnan.
A 29-year-old female teacher was brutally stabbed 34 times in just 30 seconds by a young man outside a private school in India.
In retaliatory strikes between Russia and Ukraine on Monday, a total of 26 people were killed across the two countries. Among the dead, 15 were Russian citizens and 11 were Ukrainian nationals.
Aveyanosa de Munio, a tiny village in Spain's Burgos province, has only a handful of permanent residents. There are no shops, restaurants or bustling city life. The village only comes to life once a week when a bakery van arrives. But on August 12, this quiet hamlet is set to become the centre of one of the world's biggest attractions.
Oil prices rose again in the global market as tensions between the United States and Iran escalated, reducing hopes for a swift diplomatic solution. Brent crude futures rose 62 cents, or 0.7 percent, to $84.39 per barrel on Tuesday.