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....
Officials called on the local population to stay away from the area, as emergency services rushed to the scene....
Heart-stopping video shows the moment a controlled avalanche in Russia sends a powerful wall of snow down a mountainside and engulfed a ski resort....
A water main burst and gushed into the sky in a manner reminiscent of a geyser in San Diego, California on Monday....
A paraglider survived a nearly 500-foot fall into the ocean off the coast of Florida, authorities say....
A man jumped into action after spotting two toddlers wandering in the middle of a busy road in Brevard County, Florida....
The high-speed train was travelling from Bangkok to northeast Thailand....
Passengers have been advised to check for the latest updates before they travel....
The train was travelling from Bangkok to northeast Thailand. At least 29 people have died in the accident....
Preliminary reports indicate 11 schoolchildren died at the scene, with two others succumbing to their injuries later in hospital....
Wildfires last January destroyed communities around Los Angeles. Homeowners say recovery has been slowed by fights with insurers to get their claims paid. (Image credit: Josh Edelson)...
Officials said fresh snowfall in the Austrian Alps is poorly bonded to older layers on the peaks, increasing the risk of repeated avalanches, and urged extreme caution....
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....
Collision near southern city of Córdoba is country’s worst rail accident in more than a decade...
A mall in Pakistan’s Karachi was on fire for more than 24 hours. At least 11 people have been killed while 60 are still missing....
Five skiers were killed in a pair of avalanches in the Alpine regions of western Austria on Saturday. Authorities say two others were injured with one having suffered critical wounds....
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday a "state of emergency" will be declared in the energy sector, after relentless Russian strikes on heat and electricity supplies during freezing wi...
It's opening day of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Spanish Prime Minitster Pedro Sanchez will be a prominent absentee; his office says he won't travel given the huge train crash in Sp...
Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian homes are either entirely without heating, or with severely reduced heating. This, as temperatures rarely rise above minus 10. It’s the result of Russia’s campaign o...
Despite the ceasefire, conditions in Gaza remain perilous for many residents, with UNICEF reporting that more than 100 children have been killed by military action since the truce began. Large numbers...