In parallel with the escalating protests in the Arab - intensive province of Ahwaz over the water crisis and what they call their "deliberate marginalization," Iran has witnessed armed clashes, the second in less than a month, between Kurdish fighters on the one hand and Iranian border guards and revolutionary guards on the other, in the western province of Kermanshah.

As flooding worsened in several states, the Indian Ministry of Defence said it would use its naval fleet for relief and rescue operations.

After a veterinarian was infected, working to dissect some macaque monkeys, China recorded the first death in the world with an aphrodisiac virus.

While taking pictures of lightning in the northern Indian city of Jaipur, in a tragic event, at least 11 people were killed