UNITED NATIONS/GENEVA (Reuters) - Attacks on aid convoys in the Gaza Strip by looters and armed gangs could decline as humanitarian relief floods the area after the truce takes effect between ...

A scheduled salary increase for Calgary city council will go ahead after an attempt to freeze pay was defeated in a tie vote. City council got an update on compensation late Tuesday, after both ...

For more financial news, go to the News24 Business front page. South Africa suspended operations at a key border crossing with Botswana after heavy rains caused flooding. Water levels reached a point ...

But even though wildfires and floods seem like meteorological opposites, they appear to be two sides of the same climate coin. Scientists suggest the two extremes could be related through a ...

Flood warnings remain in place for Marble Bar after more than 100 millimetres of rain in just over two hours left the outback town cut off. Roads across the Pilbara, including North West Coastal ...

From deadly wildfires in California to devastating floods in North Carolina, disasters have wreaked havoc across the US over the past year, the world’s hottest on record. They shook millions of lives ...

Millions of Aussies are being warned of severe thunderstorms and potential flash flooding in the coming days as rain and winds batter the country. Severe thunderstorms are set to affect Queensland ...

Ice and snow will begin to melt as temperatures rise above 0C (32F), with localised flooding possible, the Met Office said. At least 30 flood alerts and two flood warnings are in place across England.

After the Berlin Conference, Africans were artificially thrown together within colonially defined territories or divided by externally drawn borders. The sovereignty of centralised and non ...

So even small shifts in weather patterns can hurl the state into periods of biblical flooding or landscape-scorching drought. These massive swings from dry to wet to dry conditions — known as ...

Calgary homeowners will likely see another double-digit increase in assessed property values this year, with condo owners again shouldering the most significant hike. Like last year, condos are ...