India, in focus.
Japan has deployed 300 personnel, a landing ship and three Chinook helicopters to Indonesian Borneo to help fight wildfires whose toxic haze has spread across Southeast Asia.
A survivor of the Satya Niketan PG collapse describes being trapped for over an hour and calls for stricter enforcement of building safety rules.
Supreme Court signals it may widen its illegal-construction monitoring to student accommodation nationwide after seven died in the Satya Niketan building collapse.
A 24-hour English-language hotline set up after the August 26 China-Nepal border disaster has received nearly 600 calls from families of the missing.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has recorded 6,757 confirmed Ebola cases and 3,267 deaths, with the outbreak now spanning 61 health zones across six provinces.
Kolkata Municipal Corporation has issued temporary closure notices to 919 hotels and guest houses after fire safety inspections, with just 41 of 960 establishments cleared.
Investigators released cockpit audio highlights showing the pilot warned of excessive speed before the fatal Amazon cargo plane crash in Miami.
After a fatal Satya Niketan collapse, Delhi's MCD survey of 1,252 PG buildings has declared 3 dangerous and 9 needing major repairs.
Fifteen workers were pulled out after an iron slab collapsed at a construction site in Gandhinagar's Kudasan area on Wednesday night.
Students were evacuated from a Delhi PG after a large crack was found. The incident follows a deadly Satya Niketan collapse and has spurred new safety measures.
An Amazon cargo jet overshot a Miami runway, killing five and injuring two. Investigators are probing the cause.
A likely low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal may bring isolated heavy rain to parts of Kerala, prompting yellow alerts.
Telangana Fire Services found 32 of 77 Hyderabad pubs non-compliant on fire NOCs or safety norms; notices issued.
Rayalaseema faces a severe water crisis with significant monsoon rainfall deficits across all districts, worsened by a strengthening El Nino.
An investigation into the Delhi building collapse has identified basement debris dumping and ground-floor wall removal as key structural failures.
Shivamogga DC prohibits DJ sound systems, confetti blasts, and bike rallies for 30 days during Ganesha festival, citing public safety.
A major restoration project in North Carolina aims to rehabilitate a drained peatland, curbing its large annual carbon dioxide releases.
IMD forecasts widespread monsoon rains across most of India until September 15, with heavy showers likely in several states.
Delhi University has hostel seats for just 2.77% of its students, forcing most into private PGs. A recent collapse has exposed safety gaps and the need for affordable alternatives.
Venezuelans in the US mourn quake victims and lead aid efforts from afar, facing grief and legal uncertainty.