France has arrested 420 people in connection with devastating wildfires that burned over 300,000 acres this summer, the worst since World War Two, though critics question whether the crackdown is proportionate.

A warehouse fire in Los Angeles left 85 million pounds of rotting food creating a severe odor problem that has frustrated residents and businesses in the Boyle Heights neighborhood for nearly two months.

Auqib Nabi became the first cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir to earn an India Test call-up, replacing Jasprit Bumrah for the Sri Lanka series starting 15 August.

Perez Hilton, a prominent US blogger, was hospitalized in serious but stable condition after emergency services responded to reports of self-harm during a TikTok livestream from his Miami home.

Cyprus’s natural gas from the Cronos undersea deposit is expected to supply European consumers by March 2028, according to the country’s energy minister, marking the first East Mediterranean gas delivery to European markets.

Costa Rican diplomat Rebeca Grynspan, whose parents were Holocaust refugees, has emerged as the leading candidate to become the UN’s first female secretary general.

A Russian family faces deportation from Finland after being repeatedly denied asylum despite claiming threats of arrest and torture for their pro-Ukraine activism.

Myanmar’s military government rejected ASEAN’s call for Aung San Suu Kyi’s unconditional release and questioned the need for the organization’s special envoy, according to its foreign ministry statement.

Indonesia deployed hundreds of firefighters and aircraft to combat a major wildfire at Mount Bromo in East Java during an unusually dry season affecting the nation.