A major forest fire has destroyed more than 3,000 hectares of natural forest tree cover in Kotli Sattian, an ecologically sensitive region of Punjab, after flames spread across multiple locations during a period of intense heat and dry conditions. Satellite...
Five people died and one person was injured after a collapse during illegal mining activity in Huize County, in southwest China’s Yunnan Province, local authorities said. The incident occurred early Sunday in Baiwu Village, Nagu Town, a rural area under...
Eight people, including a nine-month-old baby, were killed and 33 others were injured when an intercity passenger bus struck highway barriers and caught fire in western Türkiye’s Denizli province, authorities reported. The crash occurred early Sunday near the Tırkaz area...
The confirmed death toll from a coal mine gas explosion in northern China’s Shanxi province stood at 82 after local officials revised an earlier figure of 90, saying the initial count was inaccurate amid confusion after the blast. The explosion...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni co-authored a joint opinion article on India-Italy relations, describing the bilateral relationship as having reached a decisive stage. The Press Information Bureau said the article highlighted the two...
H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, met Alexander Dobrindt, Germany’s Federal Minister of the Interior, in Berlin for talks covering bilateral relations, regional security developments and recent attacks on civilian...
South Korea and Japan agreed to launch a new energy cooperation framework after President Lee Jae Myung and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi held summit talks in Andong, adding fuel supply resilience to a widening bilateral agenda that also covers security,...
A global study has found that climate warming is driving sustained oxygen loss in rivers, adding pressure to freshwater ecosystems that support aquatic life, water quality and biogeochemical cycles. The peer-reviewed research, published on May 15 in Science Advances, examined...
Russia and Ukraine exchanged 205 prisoners of war each on Friday in the latest swap credited to mediation by the United Arab Emirates, bringing the total number of captives released in the operation to 410. The exchange marked the newest...
President Donald Trump concluded talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing after the White House said the leaders had a “good meeting” that covered economic cooperation, the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s nuclear issue. The White House said the...
