Flash floods in Spain have left at least five people dead.
Rescue workers say more than 3,000 people have also been evacuated from their homes.
The floods have hit the country’s south-eastern parts the hardest.
It comes after record breaking rain fall was reported in Valencia, Murcia and Andalucía.
BNP sweeps Bangladesh election, Tarique Rahman set to become PM
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) won a landslide parliamentary election on Friday, returning to power after nearly two decades and positioning party leader Tarique Rahman to become prime minister.
France detains nine in probe over alleged $11.8 mln Louvre ticket fraud
French police arrested nine people in an investigation into a Louvre ticket fraud that may have cost the world's most visited museum 10 million euros ($11.86 million) in revenues, the Paris prosecutor's office said on Friday.
SpaceX launches 12th long-duration crew to International Space Station
A SpaceX rocket lifted off from Florida early on Friday with a crew of two US NASA astronauts, a French astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut headed to the International Space Station for an eight-month science mission in Earth orbit.
Pakistan's jailed Imran Khan loses 85% vision in right eye, lawyer says
Pakistan's jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan has lost 85 per cent of the sight in his right eye, his lawyer told the Supreme Court, an ordeal that adds to legal and political challenges the leader is already battling.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has launched the 11.5: Edge of Life Ramadan campaign to rescue 5 million children around the world from hunger.
Teams from Dubai Police and Kuwait have successfully dismantled an international drug trafficking network and foiled an attempt to smuggle more than 14 million Captagon pills inside sacks of corn grains.
The UAE’s Ministry of Education has announced that public school students will switch to remote learning on Fridays during the holy month of Ramadan, marking the second consecutive year of the initiative.
