Moscow, India, others rally behind Afghanistan amidst Bagram airbase tussle
The 7th Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan has concluded in Russia with participants issuing a joint statement heavily hinting at a joint oppo...
The Palisades wildfire rages in Los Angeles, destroying homes and threatening neighbourhoods as fierce winds fuel the blaze. Thousands evacuated amid toxic smoke and mounting devastation.
Aircraft dropped water and fire retardant on steep hills to combat the Palisades wildfire in Los Angeles as winds up to 70 mph threatened to worsen the situation.
Over the last 24 hours, the fire expanded by 1,000 acres, destroying homes and damaging 12,000 structures. The blaze has claimed at least 16 lives, with 13 people reported missing.
Officials reported 11% containment of the Palisades Fire, which has burned over 22,000 acres and spread into neighborhoods like Mandeville Canyon and Brentwood, threatening the 405 freeway. Santa Ana winds are expected to intensify, heightening fire risks through Wednesday.
Evacuations cover 153,000 residents, with another 166,000 on alert. Meanwhile, Southern California Edison has restored power to most areas, though investigations continue into whether its equipment caused another fire. President Biden’s disaster declaration unlocked FEMA aid, assisting affected residents.
Search-and-rescue teams, including cadaver dogs, are combing through devastated areas. The fire has reduced neighborhoods to ashes, consuming over 36,000 acres in total alongside the Eaton Fire.
Aid has poured in from neighboring states, Canada, and Mexico to assist firefighting efforts as officials declare a public health emergency due to toxic smoke.
Video from the USGS (United States Geological Survey) showed on Friday (19 September) the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupting and spewing lava.
At least eight people have died and more than 90 others were injured following a catastrophic gas tanker explosion on a major highway in Mexico City’s Iztapalapa district on Wednesday, authorities confirmed.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on 13 September with no tsunami threat, coming just weeks after the region endured a devastating 8.8-magnitude quake — the strongest since 1952.
Authorities in California have identified the dismembered body discovered in a Tesla registered to singer D4vd as 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who had been missing from Lake Elsinore since April 2024.
Georgia’s Foreign Minister, Maka Bochorishvili sought to reassure the public that there is “no danger” to Georgia’s status as the European Union’s revised visa rules include Georgia.
Dushanbe enters one of its busiest diplomatic weeks in recent times as it gears up to host the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) heads of state and a Central Asia – Russia meeting. Both events are set to hold from 8 - 12 October in Tajikistan.
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev welcomed a Croatian delegation led by Gordan Jandroković, Speaker of the Croatian Parliament, marking his first official visit to Azerbaijan.
A new stage of economic transformation is under way in Karakalpakstan, where authorities have announced 27 large-scale projects worth nearly $2 billion with an aim to boost growth in the region.
Hamas said on Wednesday (8 October) it had exchanged a list of the names of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners to be released under a swap deal and that it was optimistic about talks in Egypt on U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to end the war in Gaza.
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