Five people have died and nearly three dozen have been injured after a bus in the US state of Virginia struck six vehicles, police say.

Gunshots rang out near the Philippine Senate in a shocking security incident that triggered panic, raised concerns about political violence, and prompted an immediate response from law enforcement authorities.

A Panama-flagged cargo vessel, operated by a South Korean shipping company, caught fire after an explosion while anchored in the Strait of Hormuz late Monday, according to government officials. No casualties have been reported.

One person has been killed and another injured in an explosion at the National Oncology Centre in Baku.

At least 24 civilians, including two children, were killed and 174 others injured in Ukrainian strikes on Russian regions over the past seven days, according to Rodion Miroshnik, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Ambassador-at-Large.

Two trains collided outside Jakarta late on Monday, according to the state-owned KAI rail company, with victims at the scene and evacuation efforts currently underway.

Tension has escalated in Ukhrul district of India’s Manipur after Mulam Kuki village came under a pre-dawn armed attack on April 24, with reports of indiscriminate firing, houses being set ablaze, and multiple casualties.

Iran’s forensic authority says at least 3,375 people, including hundreds of children, have been killed during 40 days of what Tehran describes as an unprovoked war waged by the United States and Israel.

Nearly 400 US service members have been wounded since joint military strikes against Iran began in late February, according to officials from U.S. Central Command.

Iran’s Red Crescent Society (IRCS) says it has rescued 960 people alive from under the rubble in Tehran following US-Israeli airstrikes during what it described as a 40-day "war of aggression" against the country.