Fresh evacuations are under way on the Hawaiian island of Maui as flames creep closer to the town of Kaanapali. The order was implemented just hours after residents of nearby Lahaina were permitted to briefly return to take stock of the damage to the fire-ravaged historic town. So

The death count from floods in northern China's Hebei province has risen to 29, state media reported Friday, after record-breaking rains pummelled the region in recent weeks. "As of August 10, 29 people have died due to disasters in Hebei Province, of which six were previously

The government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has defeated a no-confidence motion in parliament on after a fiery speech by the premier at the climax of a three-day debate. Opposition lawmakers — who had brought the motion over months of ethnic violence in Manipur state

A terrifying wildfire that scorched a historic Hawaiian town and left it in charred ruins has killed at least 53 people, authorities said Thursday, making it one of the deadliest disasters in the US state's history. Brushfires on the west coast of Hawaii's Maui island -- fueled

Russia has launched its first mission to the moon in nearly 50 years, pitting it in a space race with India, which is also aiming to land a lunar craft this month. The launch of the Luna-25 craft to the moon on Friday was Russia’s first since 1976 when it was part of the Soviet

At least 17 people drowned when a boat carrying Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar's Rakhine state broke up at sea this week, rescuers said Thursday. Thousands of Rohingya risk their lives each year making perilous sea journeys from camps in Bangladesh and Myanmar to try to reach

Pakistan’s National Assembly was dissolved on Thursday when President Arif Alvi signed a request from Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, sending the South Asian country into election mode. “The president dissolved the National Assembly on the advice of the prime minister under

The six-year-old student who shot his teacher in the US earlier this year, boasted about the incident saying "I shot [her] dead", unsealed court documents show. While being restrained after the shooting at a Virginia school, the boy is said to have admitted "I did

A man who posted violent threats against President Joe Biden and other officials online was shot dead during an FBI raid on Wednesday. Agents were attempting to serve an arrest warrant on Craig Robertson at his home in Utah, just hours ahead of a planned visit to the state by Mr Biden.

US President Joe Biden’s administration has said more discussions need to happen before a potential deal to normalise relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel can be reached. White House spokesperson John Kirby said on Wednesday that the two countries have not agreed on a shared

Twelve countries have called on wealthy nations to meet their climate funding obligations, on the final day of the Amazon Summit in Belem, Brazil. Wednesday’s pact, called “United for Our Forests”, brought together leaders from the Amazon, the Congo Basin and

Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was shot and killed following a campaign rally in the capital Quito, while a suspect in the killing later died from injuries sustained during a shootout that lead to his capture, the country’s president and other authorities

Forty-one migrants have died in a shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa, survivors told local media. A group of four people who survived the disaster told rescuers that they were on a boat that had set off from Sfax in Tunisia and sank on its way to Italy. The four

Russia's Wagner mercenary group is "taking advantage" of instability in Niger, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has told the BBC. The country has been ruled by a junta following the ousting of President Mohamed Bazoum nearly two weeks ago. There have been

Eight South American countries have agreed to launch an alliance to protect the Amazon, pledging at a summit in Brazil to stop the world’s biggest rainforest from reaching “a point of no return”. Leaders from South American nations also challenged developed countries

The former prime minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, has been barred from holding public office for five years by the country's electoral authorities. The decision was announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan three days after Mr Khan was sentenced to three years in prison for

At least 16 people have died in shipwrecks off Tunisia and Western Sahara as North Africa faces a spike in Europe-bound sea crossings. Tunisia in particular has become a major gateway for refugees, primarily from other parts of Africa, attempting perilous voyages in the hopes of a

A senior United States diplomat has visited Niger to push coup authorities to restore democratic rule after their overthrow of President Mohamed Bazoum last month. Victoria Nuland, the US’s acting deputy secretary of state, said on Monday that she held “frank and

At least five people have been killed in a Russian missile attack on residential buildings in the eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk, officials say. Four civilians and an official were killed, and 31 people were injured, interior minister Ihor Klymenko said. President Volodymyr

Thousands of scouts at an international event in South Korea are being evacuated from a campsite due to an incoming tropical storm. Several countries including the UK had already left, blaming high temperatures and poor sanitary conditions at the camp. UK Scouts chief executive Matt