Uber driver arrested for starting LA blaze that killed 12
A 29-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a devastating wildfire that killed 12 people and destroyed thousands of homes in Los Angeles ea...
Hundreds of thousands remain trapped in Sudan’s al-Fashir as Rapid Support Forces (RSF) tighten their siege. Aid agencies warn of famine, cholera, and rising civilian deaths as food, water, and medical supplies run out across Darfur.
Residents reported constant shelling and sniper attacks, often targeting those trying to flee. Families said they were forced to sleep in the open, exposed to rain, without access to medicine, clean water, or shelter. Many remain separated from loved ones amid the chaos.
Aid workers said overcrowded camps in nearby areas such as Tawila have surpassed capacity. Nearly 90% of the population there now lacks access to safe drinking water or functioning toilets, raising alarms about the potential spread of cholera and other waterborne illnesses.
"The infrastructure has collapsed, and we are seeing cases of starvation and disease rapidly rise," one humanitarian official said.
Heavy rains have compounded the crisis, leaving makeshift shelters flooded and latrines unusable. With no ceasefire in sight and aid deliveries blocked by ongoing fighting, relief groups say the risk of a major health and hunger catastrophe is imminent.
UN agencies and humanitarian organizations have called for urgent international intervention, warning that without access corridors and a halt to the violence, the death toll could rise sharply in the coming weeks.
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.
Escalating gang violence in Haiti has displaced 680,000 children, nearly twice as many as last year, as armed groups seize more territory and basic services collapse, UNICEF warned on Wednesday.
A 29-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a devastating wildfire that killed 12 people and destroyed thousands of homes in Los Angeles earlier this year.
The 7th Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan has concluded in Russia with participants issuing a joint statement heavily hinting at a joint opposition to any foreign military infrastructure in Afghanistan.
Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to criminal charges, and his lawyer said he would file a barrage of legal challenges to the first prosecution by the Justice Department against one of President Donald Trump's political enemies.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to attend a ministerial meeting in Paris on Thursday with representatives of Europe, the Arab world and other nations to discuss Gaza's post-conflict transition, according to three diplomatic sources.
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