Seventeen people – 13 passengers and four crew – were injured Tuesday after an Air India Phuket-Delhi flight was hit by turbulence mid-air. The plane experienced a sudden drop in altitude – roughly 300 feet, sources said – but managed to land safely in Delhi.
The small Pacific island nation of Nauru has officially changed its name to the Republic of Naoero, marking a move to embrace its indigenous language, cultural heritage and national identity while distancing itself from its colonial past.
Spain has returned to Morocco 70,000 of 72,000 migrants who entered its north African territory of Ceuta last week, the interior minister said on Tuesday.
More than 150 migrants have been rescued after the boat they were using to cross the Channel caught fire on Tuesday morning, French authorities have said.
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.