6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (165+ words) At least 720 people have been evacuated as a forest fire continues to burn in Türkiye’s Antalya province for a second consecutive day, the İhlas News Agency (İHA) reports. Evacuations have been carried out in four settlements across the Aksu and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (346+ words) A house in Nepal has been hailed as a symbol of survival after powerful floodwaters swept through the area, destroying buildings, roads and bridges. The turquoise-coloured house in Trishuli Bazaar, Nuwakot district, remained standing as torrents of water, mud and…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago   (300+ words) Caliber.Az Japan: Large fire erupts in shopping district near Ise Shrine VIDEO A major fire has broken out in a shopping district in the city of Ise in Japan’s central Mie Prefecture, a local media reports. Television footage showed…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (102+ words) More than 20 people remain unaccounted for after a major flash flood swept through parts of Arizona’s Grand Canyon National Park, park officials said on August 30. The National Park Service said the incident occurred in Bright Angel Canyon and the Phantom…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (279+ words) Algeria declared three days of national mourning on Thursday, August 27, after wildfires in the country’s north-east killed at least 12 people and injured dozens, as extreme heat, strong winds and smoke complicated firefighting efforts. “With a heavy heart and a soul…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (183+ words) An 86-year-old Austrian mountaineer has been reunited with a backpack and climbing equipment that remained trapped in an Alpine glacier for more than six decades, Austrian broadcaster ORF Tirol reported, citing Tyrol police. A mountain guide discovered the backpack on…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (155+ words) The death toll from the magnitude-7.4 earthquake that struck western Colombia on August 10 has risen to 329, while 247 people remain missing, the country’s disaster risk management agency said. “329 people have died, 4,600 have been injured, 247 are listed as missing, and 364 have been…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (588+ words) A key illustration of this dynamic occurred on August 15, marking the 81st anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II. Japanese officials visited Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, while Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sent a tamagushi ritual offering to the site, drawing swift…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (158+ words) Nearly 26,500 households remain without water in Japan’s Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu following a powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck the area on July 28, local authorities said. Affected areas are being supplied with water by tanker trucks, operated mainly…...