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Australia warns of floods, fires after cars washed away; Floods kill 10 in South Africa, Mozambique on alert
Jan 16, 2026 (AFP)
Heavy rains on Thursday sent a deluge of water flowing through some parts of the eastern state of Victoria, which is still battling 10 major bushfires. Photo an...
Thailand train accident kills 28 at China-backed project
Jan 14, 2026 (AFP)
The massive crane's broken structure was left resting on giant concrete pillars, while smoke rose from the wreckage of the train below, footage from the scene v...
'Are You Dead?': Chinese app for solo dwellers goes viral
Jan 13, 2026 (AFP)
More and more people in the world's second largest economy are living alone as marriage rates decline and the number of elderly empty-nesters grows. Created by ...
Sri Lanka seeks Chinese aid to rebuild after deadly cyclone
Jan 12, 2026 (AFP)
Vijitha Herath said he made the request during talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, who stopped in Colombo on Monday after visiting Tanzania and Lesotho....
Japan nuclear plant operator may have underestimated quake risks
Jan 06, 2026 (AFP)
Chubu Electric Power's Hamaoka plant -- located in an area of central Japan at risk of a potential "megaquake" -- is undergoing regulatory safety checks, with t...
'I can't walk anymore': Afghans freeze to death on route to Iran
Jan 05, 2026 (AFP)
"He was forced to go, to bring food for the family," his mother, Mah Jan, told AFP at her mud home in Ghunjan village. "We have no food to eat, we have no cloth...
Filipinos master disaster readiness, one roll of the dice at a time
Dec 29, 2025 (AFP)
The teenagers huddled around the table leap into action, shouting instructions and acting out the correct strategies for just one of the potential catastrophes ...
'Shivering from cold and fear': winter rains batter displaced Gazans
Dec 28, 2025 (AFP)
The winter rains have made an already precarious life worse for people like Sharafi, who is among the hundreds of thousands in the Palestinian territory displac...
Thais, Cambodians fear returning home despite border truce
Dec 28, 2025 (AFP)
She said some people forced to flee the fighting began returning home on Sunday, a day after the ceasefire was announced, but many evacuees on both sides of the...
Inside Chernobyl, Ukraine scrambles to repair radiation shield
Dec 26, 2025 (AFP)
The 1986 meltdown at the site was the world's worst ever nuclear incident. Since Russia invaded in 2022, Kyiv fears another disaster could be just a matter of t...
Last Christians gather in ruins of Turkey's quake-hit Antakya
Dec 25, 2025 (AFP)
"Since the earthquake, our community has scattered," said worshipper Mari Ibri. "Those who remain are trying to regroup. We each had our own church but, like mi...
Spain to set up national climate shelter network: PM
Dec 17, 2025 (AFP)
"Devastating droughts and heatwaves are no longer rare. Some summers, it's not separate waves we face, but one long heatwave stretching from June through August...
Economic losses from natural disasters down by a third in 2025: Swiss Re
Dec 16, 2025 (AFP)
The total cost of insured losses from natural catastrophes is estimated at $107 billion, down 24 percent from the previous year, the Zurich-based reinsurance gi...
Sri Lankan lawmakers to meet to fast-track cyclone aid
Dec 14, 2025 (AFP)
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake had said last week that the island nation would need at least $1.66 billion in 2026 -- in addition to the $166 million he sai...
Former Iraqi president Salih picked as new UNHCR chief
Dec 12, 2025 (AFP)
Salih, 65, was president of Iraq from 2018 to 2022. He will replace Filippo Grandi, who is leaving at the end of December after 10 years as the UN refugees chie...
Major Japan quake leaves 30 injured
Dec 09, 2025 (AFP)
The Japan Meteorological Agency said the magnitude 7.5 quake at 11:15 pm on Monday (1415 GMT) -- downgraded from 7.6 initially -- raised the chances of similar ...
HK fire death toll climbs to 160; UN troubled by Hong Kong clampdown after fire
Dec 09, 2025 (AFP)
The blaze that tore through a high-rise apartment complex late last month was the world's deadliest residential building blazed since 1980. Authorities reported...
Hardships mount in Indonesia and Sri Lanka as flood tolls rise
Dec 08, 2025 (AFP)
A slew of tropical storms and monsoon rains has pummelled Southeast and South Asia, triggering landslides and flash floods from the rainforests of Indonesia's w...
Indonesia suffers food, medical shortages as Asia flood tolls rise
Dec 08, 2025 (AFP)
Tropical storms and monsoon rains have pummelled Southeast and South Asia this month, triggering landslides and flash floods from the rainforests of Indonesia's...
Sri Lanka doubles troops for flood disaster recovery
Dec 08, 2025 (AFP)
More than two million people -- nearly 10 percent of the population -- have been affected by the disaster caused by Cyclone Ditwah, the worst on the island this...
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