Authorities across multiple regions in China, including the south, southwest and central parts, have raised emergency levels and issued disaster warnings on Tuesday as heavy rains continue to lash the country.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says its intelligence units have arrested several individuals across three provinces over alleged plans to create insecurity and disrupt the country’s economy.

Turkish authorities have imposed a ban on entering forests across 27 provinces due to the high risk of wildfires, according to state media Anadolu Agency on Tuesday.