Thousands of people in Japan's southern island of Kyushu have been asked to evacuate as torrential rains triggered landslides and floods.
According to officials, 15 people are feared dead and nine reported missing.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urged people to be on "maximum alert" as "heavy rainfall is likely to continue until Sunday".
As many as 10,000 soldiers have been deployed to assist in rescue operations.
Blast at police station in Indian Kashmir kills nine, injures 27
At least nine people were killed and 27 injured when a pile of confiscated explosives blew up at a police station in Indian Kashmir, the region's police chief said on Saturday, days after a car blast in New Delhi killed eight people.
Indonesia landslide kills 11 in Central Java, official says 12 missing
A landslide after heavy rains in Central Java killed 11 people, Indonesia's disaster management agency said on Saturday, adding that rescuers were searching for a dozen who are still missing.
Trump says he will likely sue the BBC for up to $5 billion over edited speech
US President Donald Trump has said he would likely sue the BBC for as much as $5 billion after the British broadcaster admitted it wrongly edited a video of a speech he gave but insisted there was no legal basis for his claim.
Several people killed as bus crashes into stop in Stockholm
Several people were killed and injured when a bus hit a bus stop in central Stockholm on Friday.
Drone, missile attack on Kyiv injures 26, damages buildings
Russian forces launched a massive drone and missile attack on Kyiv early on Friday, striking residential buildings and triggering explosions and fires across the Ukrainian capital, officials said.
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