5 killed as tribals clash

QUETTA: Men from two rival tribes exchanged gunfire on Monday in a dispute over water in south western Pakistan, leaving five people dead and three injured, police said. The Brohi and Jamali tribesmen clashed over who should have the right to use water from a canal first to irrigate their fields near Goth Chakar Khan, a farming village southeast of Quetta. — AP

Shanghai heat wave

SHANGHAI: Hundreds of people have been hospitalised in Shanghai as a record-shattering heatwave showed no signs of letting up on Monday, straining already stretched power resources. The thermometer hit 39 degrees Celsius on Sunday, making it a record ninth straight day above 35 degrees and the hottest July 3 in the city since 1873. — AFP