Major oil exporters in the Persian Gulf region are keenly focused on who has control of a small archipelago in the middle of the Strait of Hormuz. Both Iran and the United Arab Emirates have made ...

As part of its winter campaign 'How Long', Qatar Charity (QC), through its office in Sri Lanka, implemented an urgent response project for those affected by the flash floods that devastated large ...

Recent days have seen torrential rain sweep through central and eastern Europe, swelling rivers and triggering flood warnings in the Czech Republic, Poland, Austria, Slovakia, and Hungary.

An earlier major flood warning for the Logan River has since been downgraded, with the river peaking just below major flood level at Beaudesert on Thursday morning. A Watch and Act alert was ...

Photo: Infinity Flights Photography A person lost in flood water near Duckinwilla was found safe on Tuesday after wild weather and torrential rainfall lashed the Wide Bay Burnett, and another two ...

The “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign reported that at least 40 people were executed in Iran in recent days. The group released a statement, obtained by VOA, that comes amid the 47th ...

While many coastal areas are becoming more prepared for hurricane and tidal flooding, inland flood risk is less understood or easily anticipated. These disasters underscore the importance of fast ...

A new island has emerged in Venice - thanks to recently installed city flood barriers. Bacan is a small stretch of land near the Sant'Erasmo island on the Northern Venetian Lagoon. It can only be ...

The number of at-risk properties could be even higher if more houses are built on floodplains, but could be lower if flood defences are improved. Currently, 6.3 million properties are considered ...

The couple were stranded in the remote Gulf of Carpentaria and faced extreme conditions without food or drinking water. Mr Fogg and his wife Lisa had been travelling from Normanton to Kowanyama in ...

A newly minted and massive Iranian drone carrier was captured in new satellite images sailing in the Persian Gulf this week — the ship’s first reported sighting since leaving its home port for ...

The 800ft-long Shahid Bagheri has since been spotted on satellite in the open waters of the Persian Gulf. It would take around 13 days for the ship to travel from Iran to America's East Coast.