Cairo: An explosion at a gas station triggered a massive fire in central Yemen, killing at least 15 people, health officials said on Sunday.

Oxford (UK): The earth’s climate experienced its hottest year in 2024. Extreme flooding in April killed hundreds of people in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will represent India at the swearing-in ceremony of US President-elect Donald Trump on January 20.

Los Angeles: The Los Angeles County medical examiner's office confirmed the death toll from the wildfires ravaging the area has risen to 16.

Kyiv: Ukraine's forces have captured two North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russian forces in Russia's Kursk border region, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday, the first claim of its kind by Kyiv since North Korea sent thousands of troops to shore up Moscow's war effort on the other side of the world.

Los Angeles: The wildfires that erupted this week across Los Angeles County are still raging, but already are projected to be among the costliest natural disasters in US history.

Nahariya (Israel): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved sending the director of the Mossad foreign intelligence agency to ceasefire negotiations in Qatar in a sign of progress in talks on the war in Gaza.

Actor James Woods says his house in Pacific Palisades has survived the Los Angeles wildfires that had devastated much of his neighborhood.