New Zealand saw a total of 226,600 work-related injury claims reported in 2023, up 1,200 from 2022.

However, the incidence rate for claims related to work-related injuries was 86 claims per 1,000 full-time equivalent employees in 2023, which was the lowest rate since the start of the series in 2002, the statistics department New Zealand said on Tuesday.

The highest incidence rates of work-related injury claims in 2023 lie in the manufacturing; agriculture, forestry, fishing; and construction industries, it said.

Jordan's Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission announced that it has suspended flights of Jordanian airlines to Beirut until further notice, citing increasing regional tensions and the need to ensure safety and security in civil aviation, according to the state-run Petra news agency.

Royal Jordanian Airlines, the country's flag carrier, on Monday also announced that it will suspend flights to Beirut for 48 hours, following directives from the Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission. The decision affects all national airline flights to Beirut Airport, news agency reported quoting the state-run Petra news agency.

Heavy rain in Vietnam's central region following tropical storm Soulik has claimed three lives over the past few days, the National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control reported on Tuesday.

The three people were swept away by flash floods in Nghe An province, news agency reported.

More than 329 houses in Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Thua Thien-Hue and Quang Nam provinces were damaged.

The Japanese weather agency said that a 50-centimetre tsunami struck an island south of Tokyo on Tuesday following a magnitude 5.9 earthquake, according to local media.

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) had issued a tsunami advisory for the Izu and Ogasawara islands shortly after the tremor but lifted it by 11 a.m. (local time), stating that tsunami activity had sufficiently subsided, reports.

However, minor sea level fluctuations may persist for about half a day.

According to the weather agency, the earthquake, which struck at 8:14 a.m. (local time), had its epicentre near Torishima in the Izu island chain, located in the Pacific about 10 kilometres underground.

At 8:58 a.m. (local time), the 50-cm tsunami was recorded at Hachijo Island, approximately 180 kilometres north of the quake's epicentre. A smaller, 10-cm tsunami was detected at Miyake Island.

Iran's Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi has reiterated the country's preparedness to initiate fresh negotiations aimed at revitalising the 2015 nuclear deal and lifting sanctions, provided other parties are equally willing.

In an interview shared on the Iranian Foreign Ministry's Telegram channel on Monday, he outlined the new administration's foreign policy goals ahead of his visit to New York for the 79th United Nations General Assembly.

"We will make efforts to start a new round of negotiations on the nuclear issue... We can begin a new round of negotiations during this trip," Araghchi remarked.

He noted ongoing communications with other parties and acknowledged a general readiness to resume talks, though he emphasised that current international conditions pose greater challenges than in the past, news agency reported.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky lauded Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday for his "clear support" of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

The two leaders met on the sidelines of the UN Summit of the Future to discuss the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and explore paths toward peace.

In a post on X, Zelensky expressed gratitude for the productive conversation.

"This is our third bilateral meeting this year. We are working together to strengthen cooperation across various fields," he said.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump had said that he was going to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit here but they did not meet.

PM Modi’s brief trip was of about 55 hours packed with activities, while Trump was in the heat of the campaign for an election six weeks away.

The PM was busy on Saturday with the Quad summit with President Joe Biden, and Prime Ministers Anthony Albanese of Australia and Fumio Kishida of Japan.

Monday was taken up entirely by PM Modi’s address to the Summit of the Future and meetings with some leaders before his flight back.

On Sunday, he addressed the diaspora rally in a New York suburb, and he had some time later in the day for meetings.

Israel launched its largest airstrikes in Lebanon since the onset of the Israel-Palestine conflict, killing at least 356 people and injuring over 1,246 others, the Lebanese Health Ministry has said.

The death toll from the Israeli airstrikes on Monday included 24 children and 42 women, with many victims still unidentified, news agency reported, citing Lebanese health officials.

Israel's sweeping airstrikes across Lebanon have raised the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah to a new peak.

This latest surge in hostilities comes on the heels of last week's mysterious explosions targeting pagers and walkie-talkies throughout Lebanon, which left several dead and a nation on edge.

A teenage patient was raped by an employee of a hospital in Faisalabad, Pakistani media reported on Monday.

"An employee at Allied Hospital in Faisalabad allegedly raped a teenage patient on hospital premises on Sunday. The complainant, the patient’s mother, filed an first information report (FIR) with the Civil Lines police under section 376 of the Pakistan Penal Code that she brought her ailing daughter to the hospital for medical tests," reported.

According to the newspaper, the suspect took the girl to the labour room and allegedly kept her for three hours, administered an anesthetic, and raped her while she was unconscious.

The report mentioned that the girl's mother found her daughter lying unconscious and, upon regaining consciousness, told her about the assault.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) on Monday launched a large-scale airstrike campaign, targeting more than 300 Hezbollah positions in southern and eastern Lebanon.

This came after the IDF issued warnings to civilians to evacuate their homes in advance of the operation.

The military announced that the strikes were concentrated in southern Lebanon and the Beqaa Valley. The IDF warplanes reportedly struck "terror targets belonging to Hezbollah," the statement mentioned.

"The Chief of the General Staff has approved the strikes on Hezbollah targets from the IDF Headquarters Underground Operations Center," the IDF stated on X, noting that over 300 targets had been struck so far.