BEIJING, April 30 (Xinhua) -- Chinese authorities on Wednesday issued an orange alert, the second highest-level warning, for forest fires in parts of China from May 1 to 5.

An exchange of fire occurred between Pakistani and Indian armed forces along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir, security ...

NEW DELHI, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Two people died when a fire broke out in a cluster of hutments in northwest Delhi's Rohini residential area, an official of the Delhi Fire Service (DFS) said on Sunday.

The recent bushfire in Budj Bim National Park has led to a controversial and unprecedented response from the Victorian government: euthanizing koalas from helicopters. This method, while not common in ...