Top 10 world news: Death toll tops 100 in Wayanad landslides; UK sentences Islamic preacher to life, and more

More than 100 people died Tuesday after landslides hit Wayanad district of India’s southernmost state of Kerala. According to officials, nearly 350 families reside in the affected region and 250 people have been rescued. Kerala government has declared official mourning in the state on Tuesday and Wednesday (July 31). in other news, radical Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary was sentenced for life in UK after he was found guilty of promoting a banned “terrorist organisation” Al-Muhajiroun (ALM). The ALM was set up with an aim to establish an Islamic caliphate in Britain and was banned in 2010. Meanwhile, after untimely death of ex-Iran president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, the shi’ite nation got its new leader on Tuesday in the form of Masoud Pezeshkian.

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After heavy rains triggered multiple landslides in the Indian state of Kerala’s Wayanad district, which took the lives of over 100 people on Tuesday (July 30) morning, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has urged the Indian government to provide support, medical care and compensate the family of the deceased.

A judge in the United Kingdom sentenced radical Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary for life after he was found guilty of directing and encouraging support for a banned “terrorist organisation” Al-Muhajiroun (ALM).

Iranian reformist politician Masoud Pezeshkian was sworn in on Tuesday (July 30) as the Islamic Republic’s ninth president in parliament at a ceremony attended by foreign dignitaries.

American tech giant Meta on Tuesday (Jul 30) agreed to pay $1.4 billion to settle a lawsuit filed by the state of Texas over the illegal collection of biometric data of millions of Texans using facial-recognition technology.

Thousands of furious Venezuelans took to the streets in and beyond the capital Caracas on Monday (July 29) with fresh protests expected on July 30 against what they describe as ‘a stolen election’. 

Israeli officials said on Monday (July 29) that their country wants to hurt Hezbollah but not drag the Middle East into an all-out war, as Lebanon braced for retaliation after a rocket strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights killed 12 people. 

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Monday defended his running mate, Senator JD Vance, amid controversy over Vance’s past comments about “childless cat ladies.” 

Five houses belonging to the Kashmiri Pandit Community in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district were completely gutted in a fire incident. 

Manu Bhaker created history at Paris Olympics 2024 on Tuesday (Jul 30) by winning a bronze medal in mixed 10m air pistol event with Sarabjot Singh.

The evening of July 29, the red carpet at the premiere of Dylan Sprouse’s new movie, The Duel, saw a delightful reunion. Read more here.