https://en.ammonnews.net/category/14 Mon, 24 Aug 2026 22:50:23 +0300 Unix10 FeedCreator ar https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94550 Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated this weekend from the area of Reno, Nevada, ​and many others were under orders to leave on Sunday as a ‌wildfire reached the outskirts of the state's third-most-populous city.About 42,000 residents have been displaced or are in active evacuations... Editor's Choice Mon, 24 Aug 2026 09:18:06 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94550 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94549 Eleven bodies have been recovered by Tunisia's coastguard after a boat carrying Tunisian ​migrants sank at the weekend en route to Italy, with three ‌others still unaccounted for, the National Guard said on Sunday.Coastguard, military and civil protection teams, backed by two helicopters, continued... Editor's Choice Mon, 24 Aug 2026 09:07:15 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94549 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94532 Kazakhs began voting on Sunday, in a snap parliamentary election that looked set ​to strengthen President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's power over the ‌Central Asian country, a major energy and minerals exporter.The election was triggered by the adoption of a new ​constitution earlier this year,... Editor's Choice Sun, 23 Aug 2026 14:44:01 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94532 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94529 Tropical Storm Moke advanced toward Hawaii on Saturday, likely bringing more heavy rainfall and strong gusts to the Big Island, where residents are still dealing with the aftermath of heavy flooding and damaging winds from Hurricane Lala. Moke, which formed Friday in the Pacific Ocean, was located about... Editor's Choice Sun, 23 Aug 2026 14:39:51 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94529 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94487 At least 13 Tunisians are missing after a migrant boat sank off ​the Tunisian coast while sailing towards Italy, and two ‌people were rescued, the head of a migrant rights group said on Saturday.The boat set off early on Thursday, Mostafa Abdelkebir, the head of the ​Tunisian Observatory for Human... Editor's Choice Sat, 22 Aug 2026 11:52:59 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94487 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94486 More than 16,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) late Friday, an AFP journalist saw, as the country faces the deadliest Ebola outbreak in its history.The DRC's 17th Ebola outbreak, which has killed thousands of people, was declared on May 15 but is thought... Editor's Choice Sat, 22 Aug 2026 11:51:20 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94486 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94466 China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged South Korea not to take sides between Beijing and Washington, saying the U.S. ‌should abandon its 'hostile' policy toward North Korea to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula.Wang made the remarks in a meeting with South Korea's National Security Adviser... Editor's Choice Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:55:51 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94466 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94464 Oman said lasting security in the Strait of Hormuz required permanent peace in the region and rejected further escalation or conflict, its foreign minister told his Japanese counterpart on Thursday.Iran has said a deal with Oman on new shipping lanes through the strait was in its final stages.Reuters... Editor's Choice Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:12:00 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94464 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94463 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was “dragging Turkey into dangerous adventures in Syria,” Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Thursday, following an attack on a Syrian airbase earlier this week.Israel struck the Abu al-Duhur airbase in Syria on Tuesday, warning Syria was on the verge... Editor's Choice Thu, 20 Aug 2026 12:03:00 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94463 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94363 The two largest reservoirs in the United States have fallen to record lows as a severe drought grips the country's West, according to data released over the weekend.The new records highlight the difficulties fueled by climate change facing the Colorado River, a crucial resource for 40 million people.The... Editor's Choice Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:59:33 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94363 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94349 The death toll after an overloaded government ferry capsized on Zimbabwe's Lake Kariba has risen to 84 after more bodies were retrieved on Sunday, the police said.The passenger ferry, a vital means of transport for rural villagers, overturned on Tuesday in choppy waters on the vast lake on the border... Editor's Choice Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:22:41 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94349 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94339 A West Nile virus infection has been detected in the Netherlands for the first time since 2020, Dutch public ​health institution RIVM said on Monday.The virus, which mostly spreads to people through mosquito bites, can cause ‌severe, ⁠life-threatening illness in about one in ‌150 people ⁠who... Editor's Choice Mon, 17 Aug 2026 14:41:11 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94339 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94307 Firefighters worked through the night to battle Belgium's biggest wildfire on record, which by Sunday morning had burned 3,000 hectares of land and was heading towards the German border, local authorities said.The blaze in ​the High Fens, a nature reserve in the east of the country, has been ​burning... Editor's Choice Sun, 16 Aug 2026 14:21:47 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94307 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94305 Firefighters battled for a second day on Sunday to contain a forest fire on the Greek Aegean island of Skyros, as the local mayor voiced hope it could soon be brought under control.'Within the day I believe the fire will be fully extinguished,' Skyros mayor Kyriakos Antonopoulos told state TV ERT.The... Editor's Choice Sun, 16 Aug 2026 14:19:12 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94305 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94283 Around 5,000 people have been evacuated after a magnitude-7.7 earthquake smashed an area in eastern Indonesia, killing at least 51, blocking roads and causing landslides, authorities said on Sunday.Thirty-six people were seriously injured in the Saturday morning quake in East Nusa Tenggara province,... Editor's Choice Sun, 16 Aug 2026 10:21:21 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94283 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94198 North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Wednesday toward the sea off the ‌Korean Peninsula's east coast, South Korean and Japanese authorities said, days ahead of major joint military exercises by Seoul and Washington long denounced by Pyongyang.The missile was launched from the Wonsan area on... Editor's Choice Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:40:43 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94198 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94197 Rescue crews on Tuesday dug through mountains of rubble in western Colombia, shouting for ​quiet so they could listen for survivors still trapped under the buildings that collapsed in a powerful earthquake estimated to have killed at least 250 people.The 7.4-magnitude quake, the most devastating to... Editor's Choice Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:38:45 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94197 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94183 A navy vessel and other ships rushed in Wednesday to rescue over 100 people from a ferry on fire off the Indonesian tourist island of Bali, officials said, in the second such incident in days.There were no immediate reports of casualties among the passengers and crew, with at least 114 people on board,... Editor's Choice Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:14:30 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94183 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94160 Dozens of Indonesian schools were shuttered for a second day Tuesday to protect against the spreading haze from wildfires at the start of a long and intense dry season worsened by El Nino.On the island of Borneo, the mayor of the city of Pontianak ordered schools closed due to the smoke wafting over... Editor's Choice Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:39:23 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94160 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94122 Indonesian firefighters backed by helicopters and drones battled devastating flames for an eighth day Monday in a national park on Java Island where over 500 hectares have been lost, an official said.The blaze has forced the closure of the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, a popular tourist destination,... Editor's Choice Mon, 10 Aug 2026 11:01:32 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94122 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94107 Iran and the US are not engaged in talks and Tehran will not start them as long as Washington breaches an interim deal signed in June, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday, adding that messages are being exchanged via intermediaries.Araghchi repeated Iran’s position that an agreement on the... Editor's Choice Sun, 09 Aug 2026 15:16:21 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94107 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94103 Indonesian authorities have closed access to a national park on Java Island as firefighters battle a wildfire raging there for nearly a week.The blaze has razed 176 hectares (435 acres) since it broke out on Monday in the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, near the popular East Java tourist destination... Editor's Choice Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:58:54 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94103 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94102 Typhoon Dolphin made landfall in densely populated eastern China on Sunday, meteorological authorities said, after the storm triggered more than 1,000 flight cancellations, evacuations and a top-level alert.China's east coast has been preparing for the storm's arrival in recent days, with work... Editor's Choice Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:57:58 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94102 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94066 Colombia's new right-wing President Abelardo De La Espriella was sworn in on Friday, using his inaugural ​speech to pledge a vigorous fight against drug trafficking, as well as austerity measures to restore confidence in the economy.De La Espriella, 48, won June's runoff on promises to crack... Editor's Choice Sat, 08 Aug 2026 11:14:00 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/94066 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/93982 Iran wants control over inbound shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and visibility over outbound traffic, with the ability to ​intervene if necessary, under a temporary plan being discussed with Oman to reopen ‌the strategic waterway, a senior Iranian source told Reuters on Tuesday.The source,... Editor's Choice Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:53:19 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/93982 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/93950 South Korea's weather agency issued a 'severe heatwave warning' for Seoul on Monday, the first such advisory since introducing the designation this year to alert the public about extreme temperatures.New national heat records were set on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with the mercury soaring up to... Editor's Choice Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:11:21 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/93950 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/93944 Firefighters are rushing to contain a forest blaze in the southeast of the Netherlands that spread overnight to engulf 100 hectares (247 acres) on Tuesday, authorities said.It was the latest in a string of wildfires to hit western Europe, following deadly heatwaves that have dried up riverbeds and vegetation... Editor's Choice Tue, 04 Aug 2026 08:56:26 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/93944 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/93932 Australia warned on Monday against the risk of a wider spread of H5N1 bird flu after ​its first mass mortality episode among seabirds killed about 50 greater ‌crested terns off the coast south of Adelaide.However, there is no evidence yet of the virus on Australia's farms, many of which have... Editor's Choice Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:59:15 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/93932 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/93931 Hundreds of Greek firefighters battled ​a wildfire northwest of Athens for a fourth day on Monday after blazes fanned by strong winds gutted ‌homes, thousands of hectares of farmland and pine forests, and forced emergency evacuations by land and sea.Two people on a firefighting helicopter — a Greek... Editor's Choice Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:57:57 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/93931 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/93904 The death toll from a mass rush of migrants from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta last week reached at least 72 ‌on Sunday, as five more bodies were found along the North African coast, officials said.The number of fatalities was considerably higher than what was announced by Moroccan authorities... Editor's Choice Mon, 03 Aug 2026 08:45:00 +0300 https://en.ammonnews.net/article/93904