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Up to 3,700 Afghans resettled in the UK after working with British troops may have had their personal data exposed after a cyber-attack on Inflite The Jet Centre, a Ministry of Defence sub-contractor. The breach affected email accounts containing names, passport details, and Arap reference numbers, according to BBC.

The government said there was no threat to individuals’ safety and no evidence data was made public. Those affected include Afghans relocated earlier this year, as well as some British military personnel and former ministers.

Charities and former officials called the breach “astonishing” and urged faster relocation of Afghans at risk. The incident follows a 2022 leak affecting nearly 19,000 Arap applicants, raising fresh concerns about the UK’s handling of sensitive resettlement data, BBC reported.

At least 307 people have died in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir after monsoon floods and landslides swept through the region, BBC reported.

Most deaths occurred in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where homes were destroyed and a rescue helicopter crashed, killing five crew. Nine were killed in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and five in Gilgit-Baltistan. Authorities declared disaster zones as heavy rain is forecast to continue until 21 August.

In Indian-administered Kashmir, flash floods wiped out a Himalayan village, leaving at least 60 dead. According to BBC, scientists link the worsening monsoon disasters to climate change.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will travel to Washington on Monday for talks with US President Donald Trump, following Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin that failed to produce a ceasefire, Reuters reported.

Zelenskiy said the meeting will focus on steps to end the war and secure lasting peace. He spoke with Trump for more than an hour on Saturday, later joined by European and NATO officials.

The Ukrainian leader has pushed for a trilateral meeting with Trump and Putin, stressing that security guarantees for Kyiv must be part of any deal to prevent future Russian aggression. He noted “positive signals” from Washington on supporting such guarantees, according to Reuters.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit India from Monday to Wednesday for talks on the disputed Himalayan border, Beijing confirmed on Saturday.

It will be only the second high-level meeting since the deadly 2020 clash between Indian and Chinese troops. Relations have recently improved after an agreement last October eased the long-running standoff that strained trade and travel, according to Reuters.

The visit comes ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trip to China later this month, where he is expected to meet President Xi Jinping during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit — his first visit to China in seven years.