International News from Monday, September 21st, 2026

At least three people have been killed and several more injured in a Pakistani airstrike on Afghanistan's northeastern province of Kunar, Tolo News reported on Monday, citing a provincial official.

A fire that broke out at a textile factory in the Chinese city of Foshan in southern Guangdong province on Sunday has killed eight people and injured one, state news agency Xinhua said on Monday.

A powerful typhoon was approaching Japan's Pacific coast on Monday, bringing torrential rain, violent winds, and a heightened risk of landslides across the Kanto region and other parts of eastern Japan, the weather agency said.

Australia will bid to join the United Nations Security Council from 2029, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday, as he launched a campaign to secure one of the two non-permanent seats available to its bloc.