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Oil prices held close to a one-month high on Tuesday despite efforts to broker a truce between the US and Iran as the widening conflict and a new threat to Red Sea shipping kept supply fears alive.

Stuti Mishra At least 10 workers were killed and over a dozen trapped inside a tunnel in the Indian Himalayas after a methane explosion set off a landslide that sealed its entrance, cutting off their escape.

Meteorology department warns of further flooding in 10 of South Asian country's 34 provinces

Meteorology department warns of further flooding in 10 of South Asian country's 34 provinces

Rescue crews were digging through mud and rubble for the second day in search of survivors after flash floods tore through a remote province in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 23 people and leaving over 100 missing.

Suspected burst of methane trapped within rock strata caused explosion inside under-construction hydropower tunnel

The death toll from a methane explosion inside a hydropower tunnel in the Indian Himalayas jumped to 20 even as five workers remained trapped two days after the collapse.

Authorities issue heatstroke warnings in more than 40 of archipelago nation's 47 prefectures

Suspected burst of methane trapped within rock strata caused explosion inside under-construction hydropower tunnel

Stuti Mishra Japan recorded its first "cruelly hot day" after temperatures climbed past 40C in three cities, weeks after the national weather agency introduced the term to warn people about dangerous heat.