Rescue ops intensify as Hurricane Harvey kills 50

Rescue workers are desperately searching flooded neighbourhoods across Texas for survivors stranded by Hurricane Harvey, one of the most destructive storms in American history that......

Hurricane Harvey's death toll rises to 47

Rescue work has intensified in Texas with officials launching search operations and saving people stuck in the receding floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, one of the most destructive......

Hurricane Harvey floods Houston, 9 dead; thousands evacuated

IMAGE: A man wades through flood waters from Tropical Storm Harvey while helping evacuate a boy in east Houston, Texas. Photograph: Adrees Latif/Reuters Tropical storm Harvey continued to......

John McCain's Southeast Asia connection

From Barack Obama's lucky Hanuman idol to Indian-American Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, American politics are increasingly influenced by South Asia. But, until Wednesday, many didn't realise......