Japan's Kumamoto earthquake death toll rises to 38, prefectural government says. Officials confirmed the figure at a Sunday disaster response meeting after the magnitude 7.1 tremor.

Five killed, including 11-month-old infant, in boarding house fire in Caloocan City, Metro Manila on Sunday. Blaze also displaced 15 people from six families; cause under investigation.

Five people, including an 11-month-old infant, were killed in a boarding house fire in Caloocan City, Metro Manila, on Sunday, according to local media reports cited by Xinhua. The fire protection bureau said the victims were trapped inside the rented house as the fire spread, and the blaze also affected 15 people from six families living in the apartment. Authorities said the cause remains under investigation and the extent of the damage is still being assessed.

Six killed and six missing as heavy rains trigger landslides in Kerala, India. Red alert issued for nine districts with extremely heavy rainfall forecast over the next 24 hours.

At least six people were killed and six others reported missing in rain-related incidents across the southern Indian state of Kerala, with landslides triggered in Idukki and Kottayam districts. Authorities have set up over 65 relief camps sheltering 1,465 people, and the India Meteorological Department has issued a red alert for nine districts warning of extremely heavy rainfall over the next 24 hours.

China dispatches 11,000 disaster relief supplies to flood-hit Jilin and Heilongjiang as heavy rains continue; Level-IV flood response activated in Heilongjiang

China dispatched 11,000 pieces of disaster relief supplies to flood-hit Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces as heavy rains continued, the Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM) said Saturday. The aid package includes blankets, quilts and household emergency kits. China's Ministry of Water Resources activated a Level-IV emergency response for flood control in Heilongjiang and maintains Level-IV responses for Henan, Hubei, Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu.

Rescue teams recover eight bodies of ten climbers missing after avalanche on Pakistan's Broad Peak, Geo TV reports citing base camp sources.

Rescue teams have recovered the bodies of eight of ten climbers who stopped making contact after an avalanche on Broad Peak mountain in Pakistan, Geo TV reports, citing sources in base camp.