At least 15 Rohingya refugees have been confirmed dead and dozens more reported missing after a ship capsized in the Bay of Bengal.
The victims were from camps near the resort town of Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh, officials added.
As many as 73 people have been rescued, with search operations currently underway for the rest.
According to the authorities, the ship, packed with around 130 people on board, was heading to Malaysia.
At least 13 Tunisians missing after migrant boat sinks off Tunisia, group says
At least 13 Tunisians are missing after a migrant boat sank off the Tunisian coast while sailing towards Italy, and two people were rescued, the head of a migrant rights group said on Saturday.
TikTok agrees to $400 million US children's privacy settlement
TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance have agreed on Friday to a $400-million settlement to resolve the US Justice Department's allegations that the short-video app violated children's online privacy.
One killed, three injured in sword attack at Swedish high school
An 18-year-old man armed with a sword attacked students at a Swedish high school on Friday, killing one person and injuring three.
Turkey to seek Interpol notice for Netanyahu in Gaza flotilla case
Turkey said on Friday it would seek an Interpol red notice for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of a domestic criminal case linked to an attack on activists seeking to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Russian strike on shopping centre in Ukraine kills 16
At least 16 people were killed and more than 130 wounded on Friday when two Russian drones struck a shopping centre in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, authorities said.
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