Indian lawmakers began voting to elect a new vice president on Tuesday, more than a month after the last incumbent resigned abruptly.
Thailand's Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra must serve one year in jail because his detention in a VIP wing of a hospital in lieu of prison was unlawful, in another major blow for a powerful family that has dominated politics for two decades.
10 people were killed and at least 61 were injured in central Mexico when a freight train smashed into a double-decker passenger bus, which the train operator said had been attempting to pass in front of the moving train on Monday.
The Global Sumud Flotilla seeking to deliver aid for Gaza said that one of its main boats was struck by a drone in Tunisian waters on Tuesday.
Anti-corruption demonstrators in Nepal defied an indefinite curfew on Tuesday, holding demonstrations and shouting slogans against Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, a day after 19 people died in violent protests triggered by a social media ban.