Disaster

Four people were killed and another three injured on Monday after a 220 kilovolt transmission tower collapsed at the Saqil…

An Australian man has been accused of deliberately lighting a fire to protect his cannabis crop, sparking an out-of-control bushfire…

Venetians woke Wednesday to devastating scenes after the highest tide in 50 years washed through the historic Italian city, beaching…

Bushfires raging across eastern Australia on Tuesday singed the Sydney suburbs, where firefighters were forced to scramble planes and helicopters…

Dozens of fires fanned by gale-force winds, scorching temperatures and tinder-dry bushland burned out of control in eastern Australia on…

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Authorities declared a state of emergency across a broad swath of Australia’s east coast on Monday, urging…

A Hong Kong policeman shot a masked protester in the torso on Monday morning, igniting clashes across the city and…

Sydney is facing a “catastrophic” fire threat, authorities said on Sunday, as firefighters in eastern Australia raced to prepare for…

Catastrophic bushfires in eastern Australia have killed at least three people and forced thousands from their homes, with the death…

US President Donald Trump threatened once again Sunday to withhold federal aid from California after its Democratic governor criticized his…