Rescue Effort Intensifies in Kerala

Rescue efforts are being stepped up in the flood-hit Indian state of Kerala, where monsoon rains have eased for now. India's air force and navy helicopters are airlifting stranded people from rooftops, and dropping food supplies to those they cannot yet reach.

Dozens of South Koreans are gathering at a hotel on the border with North Korea ahead of a reunion with family members they have not seen for more than sixty years.

A South African judicial commission investigating the alleged plunder of state funds during former President Jacob Zuma's rule begins public hearings on Monday.