A fire that broke out at a textile factory in the Chinese city of Foshan in southern Guangdong province on Sunday has killed eight people and injured one, state news agency Xinhua said on Monday.
Search-and-rescue operations are still underway, Xinhua said, without providing details on the cause of the fire.
At least 3 killed in Pakistani airstrike on Afghanistan
At least three people have been killed and several more injured in a Pakistani airstrike on Afghanistan's northeastern province of Kunar, Tolo News reported on Monday, citing a provincial official.
Typhoon approaches eastern Japan, prompts flood and landslide warnings
A powerful typhoon was approaching Japan's Pacific coast on Monday, bringing torrential rain, violent winds, and a heightened risk of landslides across the Kanto region and other parts of eastern Japan, the weather agency said.
Australia to seek UN Security Council seat from 2029
Australia will bid to join the United Nations Security Council from 2029, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday, as he launched a campaign to secure one of the two non-permanent seats available to its bloc.
Indonesia continues search for hundreds missing in capsized ship
Indonesian authorities will continue searching on Monday for more than a hundred people still missing after a passenger ship sank in the Java Sea last week, with the confirmed death toll now at 10, its rescue agency said on Sunday.
