ANKARA (AA) – Two earthquakes rattled Afghanistan’s Paktika and Badakhan provinces on Monday, injuring at least 10 people, according to authorities. The eastern Paktika province’s Gayan district, which was severely devastated by a 6.1 magnitude earthquake on June 22, was struck again by a quake, injuring at least 10 people. The pro...
ANKARA (AA) – A strong earthquake rattled Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika province on Monday, the second temblor in less than a month. “So far, one person is injured and 16 houses are damaged,” Mohammad Naseem Haqqani, a spokesman for the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA), also known as the Disast...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Moroccan authorities are struggling to bring fires that ravaged remote mountain forests under control. “The flames have damaged around 4,600 hectares of forests,” Fouad Assali, head of the National Center for Climate and Forest Risk Management, told the local media. He said firefighters were struggling for a fifth d...
MADRID (AA) – Excess temperatures brought on by the heatwave that continues to wash over Spain and Portugal have killed at least 322 people. High temperatures in the first three days of the heatwave in Spain, which officially began on Sunday, killed 84 people, according to figures from the Carlos III Health Institute released on [&hellip...
Larache, Morocco – (AFP): Hundreds of Moroccan firefighters and soldiers battled late Thursday to put out at least four infernos ripping through forests in the north of the kingdom, officials said. The fires, fanned by strong winds in the four areas, have not resulted in any casualties so far, but nearly 500 families were evacuated [&hel...
Beirut, Lebanon – (AFP): Fires burning for days at Beirut’s port, severely damaged in 2020 by an enormous explosion, have reignited trauma among Lebanese gearing up to mark the deadly blast’s anniversary. On August 4, Lebanon will mark two years since the explosion that killed more than 200 people. It was caused by a stockpil...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Three UN agencies have said that more than 112,400 people had been displaced by drought in Somalia by June 22 — a 231% increase compared to May. The Banadir region, where the nation’s capital of Mogadishu is located, has received 60% of new arrivals. The UN said about 72% of movements […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Torrential monsoon rains and flash floods killed at least 29 people and injured several others in southwestern and northern Pakistan over the past 24 hours, officials and local media said on Wednesday. Southwestern Balochistan province and northern Gilgit-Baltistan region were the worst hit where massive downpours and ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – A wildfire in the Gaacidh forest in the eastern Sanaag region of Somaliland in Somalia is burning from an undetermined cause, authorities said Tuesday. The fire in the forest that is described as one of the most beautiful in the region and home to unique trees and dozens of fauna started […]
NEW DELHI (AA) – Eight people were killed and more than 50 went missing after a massive landslide hit the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. The landslide hit the Tupul railway construction camp in the Noney district on June 29 at midnight. “We have recovered eight bodies and rescued 18 people, while over 50 are […]
