Disaster
Powerful quake kills 21 in eastern Turkey
Middle East
January 25, 2020
Powerful quake kills 21 in eastern Turkey
A powerful earthquake has killed at least 21 people and injured more than 1,000 in eastern Turkey, as rescue teams…
Threatened species hit hard by Australia’s bushfires
Environment
January 20, 2020
Threatened species hit hard by Australia’s bushfires
Australia’s bushfires have burned more than half the known habitat of 100 threatened plants and animals, including 32 critically endangered…
Dust storms and giant hail batter bushfire-weary Australia
World
January 20, 2020
Dust storms and giant hail batter bushfire-weary Australia
Thunderstorms and giant hail battered parts of Australia’s east coast on Monday after “apocalyptic” dust storms swept across drought-stricken areas,…
Iran seeks to examine downed plane’s black boxes itself: report
Middle East
January 19, 2020
Iran seeks to examine downed plane’s black boxes itself: report
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran is trying to analyze the black boxes of a Ukrainian airliner that was shot down this…
Photos: Fire devours cafeteria in Hurghada
Egypt
January 19, 2020
Photos: Fire devours cafeteria in Hurghada
A huge fire devoured a cafeteria in the Mubarak Five area on the Airport Road in Hurghada on Sunday, with…
Rainstorms douse bushfires across eastern Australia
World
January 18, 2020
Rainstorms douse bushfires across eastern Australia
Rain and thunderstorms doused long-burning bushfires across much of eastern Australia Saturday, but they also brought a new threat of…
Filipinos turn volcano’s ash, plastic trash into bricks
World
January 18, 2020
Filipinos turn volcano’s ash, plastic trash into bricks
Ash spewed by a Philippine volcano is being mixed with plastic waste to make bricks in an inventive response to…
Australia’s farmers count cost after bushfires wipe out livestock
World
January 18, 2020
Australia’s farmers count cost after bushfires wipe out livestock
In the wake of ferocious bushfires that tore through Kangaroo Island, local farmer Rick Morris has endured the grueling task…
Khamenei downplays protests, says Iran foes exploiting plane tragedy
Middle East
January 18, 2020
Khamenei downplays protests, says Iran foes exploiting plane tragedy
Iran’s supreme leader said Friday that demonstrations at home over the accidental downing of a Ukrainian airliner were unrepresentative of…
Philippines struggles to keep evacuees away from volcano
World
January 15, 2020
Philippines struggles to keep evacuees away from volcano
Philippine authorities were struggling Wednesday to keep thousands of evacuees from returning to homes in areas threatened by a feared…