OTTAWA, Canada- Canada is facing a dire wildfire situation through the coming months, officials warned on Monday after vast swaths of forests and grasslands from its Pacific to Atlantic coasts have been scorched. Some 26,000 people remain displaced by fires at present, with about...
HONG KONG, China - Hong Kong police on Sunday detained more than 20 people, including key pro-democracy figures trying to commemorate the anniversary of the bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown, as hundreds in Taiwan mourned the dead with a vigil. For years, tens of thousands of Hong Kongers...
KHARTOUM, Sudan- Air raids, artillery fire and explosions rocked Sudan's capital Saturday, as fighting between warring generals entered its eighth week, and after volunteers had to bury 180 unidentified bodies. Witnesses told AFP of "bombs falling and civilians being injured" in southern Khartoum,...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See- Pope France on Saturday voiced immense sadness at this week's train disaster in India, which killed at least 288 people and injured over 900, and offered his prayers and condolences. The pontiff said he was "deeply saddened" by the "immense loss of life" caused by Friday's...
SINGAPORE, Singapore- The United States, Japan and South Korea aim to share North Korean missile warning data before the end of 2023, the three countries said on Saturday after a record number of missile tests by Pyongyang this year. Leaders of the three allies committed to the real-time data...
JERUSALEM-Â Two Israeli soldiers were killed in a rare shooting on the Egyptian border Saturday, triggering a manhunt that saw one "assailant" killed inside Israel, the army said. "Two (Israeli) soldiers, a man and a woman, were killed by live fire adjacent to the border," an army statement said....
BALASORE, India- At least 288 people were killed and hundreds more injured in a three-train collision in India, officials said Saturday, the country's deadliest rail accident in more than 20 years. Wreckage debris was piled high at the crash site near Balasore, in the eastern state of Odisha, where...
ROME, Italy- Deadly floods that left large swathes of northeast Italy under water this month were caused by a "one-in-200-year" weather event, with climate change playing a limited role, experts said Wednesday. Seventeen people died and tens of thousands were forced to leave their homes after three...
GENEVA, Switzerland- The United Nations' weather agency announced Tuesday it was making the cryosphere a new top priority, saying the melting of sea ice, glaciers and permafrost posed a global threat. Member states at the UN's World Meteorological Organization are concerned about the impacts of...
HANOI, Vietnam- Faced with record-breaking heat, Vietnam's capital Hanoi has turned off some street lights to save electricity as demand for air conditioning soars. Parks in the city of eight million people are now plunged into total darkness after 11 pm, while two-thirds of street lights are also...
TOKYO, Japan- Japan experienced its warmest spring on record this year, the national weather agency said Thursday, as greenhouse gasses and El Nino send temperatures soaring worldwide. Temperatures across March, April and May were 1.59 degrees Celsius (34.9 Fahrenheit) higher than average, the Japan...
TOKYO, Japan- Heavy rain across parts of Japan has killed one person, left three missing and injured dozens more, authorities said Saturday, with thousands of residents issued evacuation warnings. The inundation has been caused by the remnants of former Typhoon Mawar, now downgraded to a tropical...
