The US military completed a “heavy wave of strikes” against Iran on Thursday in retaliation against Tehran targeting American bases in Jordan, as fighting intensified in the Middle East war after a nearly week-long pause. The reignited hostilities have drawn…
Japanese emergency workers battled Thursday to find survivors from a wrecked shopping mall, as the death toll from a major earthquake two days earlier hit 34 and thousands sweltered in punishing heat. The quake caused widespread damage, flattening homes, damaging…
Higher humidity, cooler temperatures and a forecast for rain raised hopes of relief Thursday for a parched portion of southwestern France engulfed by wildfires that have charred an area four times the size of Paris in recent weeks. Local officials…
As firefighters continue to battle major blazes in France, the European Union’s crisis management chief is calling for more investment in prevention, forest management and emergency response.
A US attack killed three people, including a two-year-old child, on Iran’s Qeshm island, the Fars news agency reported on Thursday after the US military said it wrapped up a heavy wave of strikes. The US military said the strikes…
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There are “almost no flames left” in the wildfire smouldering near Madrid, Spanish authorities said Thursday, adding that the area affected by the fire had not grown for several days. Southern Europe remains on high alert after three firefighters died…
The two-hour operation came in response to Iran’s missile launches targeting American forces in the Middle East, with Washington saying it hit military command centres, drone and missile facilities as well as coastal defence sites.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino insisted member associations would not be forced to back the proposed commercial spin-off, as criticism from UEFA, CONCACAF, the Asian Football Confederation and European officials intensified.
Thousands of evacuees were allowed to return home in Spain after firefighters gained ground against some of the country’s worst blazes in decades, but soaring temperatures and new outbreaks in France underscored the broader wildfire emergency unfolding across southern Europe.