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Youth camp confirms 27 dead as Texas flood toll nears 90

Rescuers in Texas searched Monday for bodies swept away by flash floods that kil...

Indonesia volcano spews 18-kilometre ash tower

A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted, spewing a colossal ash tower 18 kilometr...

Syria fights 'catastrophic' fires for fourth day

Syrian authorities said some 100 square kilometres (40 square miles) of forest h...

AI robots fill in for weed killers and farm hands

Oblivious to the punishing midday heat, a wheeled robot powered by the sun and i...

Drought plunges Poland's longest river to record low

Poland's longest river, the Vistula, on Friday hit a record-low water level in W...

Meltdown: Swiss glaciers hit annual tipping point weeks...

The snow and ice accumulated last winter by Switzerland's glaciers has already m...

Deep-sea mining negotiators to meet under Donald Trump ...

The International Seabed Authority (ISA) meets next week to continue debating ru...

Barcelona seeks to protect workers from heat after death

Barcelona adopted plans Wednesday to tighten safety rules to protect sanitation ...

Canada turns to drones for reforestation after wildfires

A large aerial drone flies over the charred remains of Canadian forests devastat...

Khartoum changes hands, marking a new phase in Sudan’s ...

The national army may push on to Darfur. Risks abound

Nigeria’s president pushes the limits of his power

A crisis in the oil-rich Niger Delta raises questions about the rule of law

Syrians are still surprisingly upbeat

Our pioneering poll reveals much optimism, but also big sectarian divisions

Talks over the Chagos Islands show the rising clout of ...

And the influence of India, which is building facilities on another Mauritian is...

America steps up bombing the Houthis but lacks a clear ...

It will be hard to secure the Red Sea without driving the rebel group from power...

Turkey and Israel are becoming deadly rivals in Syria

The Middle East’s beefiest powers are playing out their regional ambitions there

Israel is intent on destroying Gaza

Without pressure from America, it is hard to see anything stopping it