Wildfires accounted for 38 per cent of all insured natural hazard losses globally in 2025. Total area burned was the second lowest since records began in 2002 and 16 per cent below the long-term average. The single costliest event in 2025 was the Palisades and Eaton fires, which tore through the Los Angeles area in January 2025.
Bansawargaon’s transformation did not begin with a massive dam or a new pipeline project. Its transformation offers a working model for drought-hit villages across India searching for long-term water security. This is especially relevant for Bengaluru, where several neighbourhoods now depend heavily on tanker water because of falling groundwater levels.
Maddy asks Cassie, “What do I do?” The two friends simply clasp hands. “We’ll figure it out together,” Cassie tells Maddy. Maddy: “The last thing he said to me was ‘I love you.’”
Brooklyn Rivera died due to a Covid-19 infection, the Nicaraguan Ministry of Health said. The US State Department said Rivera had been "unjustly imprisoned" The Nicaraguan government is routinely accused of political oppression, and Rivera is one of a growing number of dissidents to die in custody.
Israel has intensified its military campaign in Lebanon. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered fresh attacks on Beirut's Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs. The move threatens to derail the already fragile diplomatic efforts aimed at resolving the broader US-Iran war. The latest approval reportedly allows Israel to widen its campaign to include strikes in and around the Lebanese capital.
At least 46 people have been killed and dozens more wounded after an explosion in a region of Myanmar under insurgent control. The blast is said to have damaged around 200 homes in Kaung Tat and another 100 in the nearby Pan Lone village. The Ta'ang National Liberation Army said explosives kept in a warehouse for use in local mining operations had ignited.
Trump administration could see ally or foe elected in Colombia. Colombia has been the United States' top ally in counternarcotics. But U.S.-Colombia relations deteriorated sharply under Petro. Trump formally determined that Colombia had "failed demonstrably" in its counternARCotics commitments.
Spain’s success over the past five years has undermined many long-standing political-economic truisms. The housing shortage is the thing preventing people from reaching the middle class. “When there isn’t enough housing or public transit or health-care services for everyone, it’S so much easier to point a finger at immigrants than to address the actual causes of that shortage”
Beirut's southern suburbs and surroundings have been struck twice since April 8. Iran, in stalled negotiations on an end to its wider war with the United States, said a Lebano said a deal was possible. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz said they had ordered strikes on the area.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and his Defence Minister cited Hezbollah’s repeated ceasefire violations as they ordered the IDF to strike targets in Beirut. The targets are known in Arabic as Dahiyeh, which means ‘the river’ in Arabic. The Israeli military has been ordered to attack targets in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital.
The U.S. and Iran have yet to ink an agreement to end the war that has dragged on into its fourth month. President Donald Trump said Saturday that he is in "no hurry" to make a deal. A senior Arab official directly involved in mediating peace talks between Washington and Tehran told NBC News that American and Iranian negotiators agreed to the terms of a truce deal days ago.
"Most of the celebrations took place peacefully" across the French capital, he says. Most incidents happened in the Champs Elysees neighborhood and close to the Parc des Princes stadium. The Champs-Élysées, which authorities had partly cordoned off, was filling with mostly peaceful PSG fans.
The Bible identifies 666 as the "number of the beast" and Hel is just one "l" short of the English word "hell" The new 13-hour route will connect Kraków to Hel, passing through other major Polish regional towns and cities including the capital Warsaw. In 2023 the number was changed to 669.
The new Nvidia Turing chip is set to launch this fall. It will be used in a range of new laptops, including Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra. There are also plans for a new version of the Surface Pro, and a new Surface Book with the new chip. The new chip is expected to cost around $1,000.
The ship – the Tagor – was seized in the Atlantic “in international waters,” according to the French Army. The ship was traveling from Russia under international sanctions. French soldiers use a rope from a NH90 helicopter intercepts an oil tanker on the Atlantic Sea, Sunday, May 31, 2026.
The two countries have a long history of tensions stemming from Japan's invasion of China during World War Two. "China's external approach and military activities are matters of concern for Japan and the international community," the Japanese defence minister said. He added that "Japan's door is always open" for communication with China.
U.S. ally Kuwait confirmed the interception of incoming missile and drone fire. Iran launched a ballistic missile towards Kuwait on Wednesday, CENTCOM had previously said. This is the third round of edits that the president has made to the proposal, which has been passed back and forth to Tehran through mediators.
The United States and Iran have reportedly reached a preliminary understanding that would extend the current ceasefire. However, questions surrounding Iran’s nuclear program, regional security, sanctions, missile capabilities and the future role of Israel remain unresolved. The path to a comprehensive settlement could still be long and complex.
The first batch of the Mandelson files show the PM was warned Mandelson kept ‘a particularly close relationship’ with paedo Epstein. Last month it emerged that the PM hired Lord Mandelson despite the ex-Cabinet Minister failing his security vetting. Mandelson was arrested and quizzed by Met cops in February as part of a probe into misconduct in public office.
“Iran really wants to make a deal, and it will be a good one for the USA and those that are with us,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “It states, very clearly, that Iran will not have a Nuclear Weapon,’ Trump wrote in a post.
The U.S. has carried out nearly nine months of lethal strikes on suspected drug vessels. All of the strikes are a part of Operation Southern Spear, the formal name for the military’s ongoing actions against drug trafficking organizations around Latin America. Some related efforts in Latin America are distinct from and do not count as part of the operation.
Iran says it has a right to carry out strikes on regional "bases and assets" U.S. Central Command says the strikes were in response to Iran's "aggressive" actions. The strikes were carried out on Saturday and Sunday around the city of Geruk and on Qeshm Island in the Gulf.
“It states, very clearly, that Iran will not have a Nuclear Weapon,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “Iran really wants to make a deal, and it will be a good one for the US and those that are with us,’ he added.