News brief: Big stories of the day
The death toll on Saturday climbed to 357 people in flood-hit Kerala with over 3 lakh people displaced and homeless, state chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan informed media.
Newly sworn-in Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan would address the nation on Sunday evening, news agency ANI reported on Sunday.
US Defence Secretary James Mattis said there are "concerns" about China's "design" in the hemisphere on Friday (August 17) on his way back from a tour of South America where he met with partners from four different nations.
A massive earthquake of magnitude 8.2 rattled Fiji on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said.
As per the officials, there have been no warning of tsunami yet.
A satellite designed to measure Earth's global wind patterns is set to be hoisted into orbit Tuesday from the Arianespace launch site in French Guiana.