In just nine days, wildfires have destroyed over 15,000 hectares of Argentina’s Patagonia, with hundreds of firefighters and volunteers continuing to battle the flames, reports Charlotte Lam....
A medical emergency will force four astronauts aboard the International Space Station to return to Earth prematurely....
The Airbus A321, which was carrying 148 passengers and seven crew, was directed to a designated area for inspection after it landed at around 11:00 am....
DW's Stuart Braun had a dangerously near miss during Australia's 2009 "Black Saturday" inferno. As this month's fires burned near his rural home, he wasn't taking any chances....
The death toll from a shopping centre fire in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, has risen to at least 55. Relatives of those still missing have criticized the slow rescue operation at the three-storey...
A monument of Turkmenistan's former president, in Ashgabat. NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images An Air France flight from India to Paris diverted to Turkmenistan. It was already running almost a ...
Of the six people presumed dead, two were teenagers. The coroner's office warned that identifying the human remains could be a long and complex process....
Four families share their experience two months after their lives were impacted by the Palisades and Eaton fires in Los Angeles....
In South Africa, extreme weather is leaving its mark on one of the continent’s most iconic natural treasures. Kruger National Park -- a flagship safari destination known around the world -- has been h...
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Transport Minister Oscar Puente were among those making their way to the crash site on Monday morning. Sanchez cancelled his trip to the World Economic Forum i...
Ricardo Martinez II spent more than a decade as a 911 dispatcher, handling thousands of emergencies as US 911 centers face a nationwide staffing and funding crisis. Across the country, emergency call ...
A brutal arctic blast is bringing dangerously low temperatures to the Plains and Midwest before it invades the Northeast....
The death toll from a high-speed train collision in southern Spain rose to 40 on Monday as the government vowed a full investigation into its causes. The crash late on Sunday is Spain's deadliest trai...
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said earlier this week that around 4,000 buildings in the capital Kyiv were still without heating and most of the city was cut off from electricity after Russian strikes....
Here's what to know about staying warm and safe during freezing temperatures....
Millions of people in the High Plains will experience widespread wind gusts between 60 to 80 mph, from Montana to Kansas....
A high-speed train traveling from Malaga to Madrid derailed, crashing into an oncoming train in southern Andalusia. At least 39 people have died with dozens rushed to hospital with injuries. DW has th...
Officials are continuing to investigate the causes of the incident that Spanish Transport Minister Ă“scar Puente has called "strange" since it occurred on a straight line and neither train was speeding...
On Sunday night, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said families had reported about 60 people missing, prompting authorities to launch a search operation....
South Africa's most renowned national reserve has shut its gates amid escalating floodwaters and heavy rainfall, which has already claimed at least 19 lives....