Hostage and prisoner releases: One aspect of the cease-fire agreement was strikingly lopsided: the number of Israeli hostages released compared with the number of freed Palestinian prisoners.

A massive fire broke out at the Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre in Electronics City, causing estimated damages of Rs 140 crore. Suspected to be caused by improper handling of flammable solvents ...

Fire officials are urging residents to make a disaster action plan. As thousands of firefighters battled a series of raging wildfires across Los Angeles County, California officials warned the ...

Israel’s cabinet approved an agreement on a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip that would free Israeli hostages, ending two days of debate that had underscored the pact’s fragility. The full cabinet ...

Israeli police dispersing protesters against the cease-fire deal in Jerusalem on Thursday. Peter van Agtmael for The New York Times Israelis checking news updates in Tel Aviv. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv ...

Now we come to the more immediately tractable causes of these fires. “Fire is a natural process that has shaped ecosystems for over 420 million years,” Iglesias says. “Indigenous people ...

A San Gabriel Valley man who built a water pump that was credited with saving a home from the Palisades Fire is getting inundated with calls and emails from apprehensive homeowners looking to ...

A JOCKEY has died aged 43 after a horse 'went berserk' in a horrific racecourse smash-up. Famed Japanese rider Kosuke Matsumoto, 43, was rushed to hospital following the incident at Sonoda Racecourse.

Firefighters in California are tackling a new fire that has broken out in Ventura County. The blaze, dubbed the Auto fire, started in the Santa Clara River bottom near North Ventura Boulevard and ...

Mandatory evacuation orders have been lifted for the Hurst Fire in the San Fernando Valley community of Sylmar as progress is made by firefighters, authorities said Thursday. The rapidly expanding ...