The number of wildlife feared to have died in the bushfires ravaging Australia has soared to over one billion. Chris Dickman, an ecologist at the University of Sydney, said his previous estimate of half a billion was ‘conservative’ and only covered the state of New South Wales (NSW), where the fires began three months ago. […]

A powerful 6.6-magnitude earthquake shook Puerto Rico today just a day after a weaker quake destroyed the island’s famed Playa Ventana rock formation. The shallow quake with a depth of 4.3 miles, which hit just south of Indios in the south west of the island, has not caused a significant Tsunami threat, according to the […]

NATO said Tuesday it would take “some personnel” out of Iraq because of the increased danger thereafter the US killing of an Iranian general triggered revenge threats. The withdrawal is temporary but “the safety of our personnel is paramount”, a NATO official said in a statement. US and allied foreign troops in Iraq are concerned […]

Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido took his place in the parliament speaker’s seat on Tuesday after a stand-off with the armed forces who initially prevented him from entering Congress. While Guaido was barred from entering the building by the National Guard for around half an hour, his rival claimant to the speaker position, Luis Parra, […]

Israel sought on Tuesday to stand aside from the conflict between its close ally the United States and Iran, and said it was unclear whether Tehran’s abandonment of uranium enrichment limits meant it was on a path toward a nuclear weapon. The unusually muted Israeli comments on Iran, Israel’s arch-enemy, emerged after Prime Minister Benjamin […]