Just days before polls in Taiwan, the Chinese military has warned that it would 'crush' any attempts for 'Taiwan independence'. In other news, the debris of Indian Air Force An-32 K-2743 aircraft which had gone missing in 2016 has been found in the Bay of Bengal. Read this and more in our Top 10 world news.

China's statement came a day before the scheduled polls on the self-ruled island, which Beijing claims is part of its territory.

On July 22, 2016 the aircraft went missing en route Port Blair to Chennai. All 29 people were presumed dead or missing.

The aviation agency has already opened a probe into Alaska Airlines incident involving Boeing 737 MAX 9 which lost part of its fuselage midair creating a near-catastrophic situation.

The Council of Ministers, led by Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth, convened on Friday to consider the appeal from Hindu socio-cultural groups. Responding favourably, the government recognised the cultural significance of the Ram Mandir inauguration and acknowledged the importance of facilitating the participation of devotees in the celebrations

The strikes, which were carried out without congressional approval, have earned the ire of Biden's fellow democrats who said that the action was "unconstitutional" and that he "needs to come to Congress" before launching a strike.

UK's latest commitment to Ukraine takes its cumulative help so far to about GBP 12 billion. The UK has already supplied storm shadow cruise missiles and Challenger 2 tanks among other equipments.

The charges include nine felony and misdemeanour tax offences.

The New York City-headquartered firm said that it expects to incur as much as $1bn in severance and reorganisation costs.

The forecasters issued extreme cold warnings across United States and Canada amid warnings of wind chills in Texas and major snowfall in the midwest and east coast

(With inputs from agencies)