The Slovenian Embassy in Moscow, the Russian capital city, will close temporarily after an accidental fire disaster broke out Monday in an electrical installation room, Slovenian media reported.
At least 27 homes have been destroyed in a devastating blaze in the Perth Hills area of Western Australia, local media reported on Monday.
Saturday's inferno that burned down an ancient town in southwest China's Shangri-la county once again stirred up concerns over commercial development of ancient towns.
Firefighters are continuing to battle a large bushfire on North Stradbroke Island in Australia's Queensland, local media reported on Wednesday.
More than 1,000 people are trying to put out a forest fire which broke out on Monday in southwest China's Yunnan Province, local authorities said Tuesday.
A family of four died in a house fire in east China's Zhejiang Province on Wednesday night, local authorities said Thursday.
A train carrying crude oil collided with another train in the northern U.S. state of North Dakota, sparking a large fire, local media reported Monday.
Several casualties are feared as a major fire engulfed a timber yard near a residential area in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh's capital Hyderabad on Monday, a police official said.
Six people were killed in a fire in Qingyuan City, south China's Guangdong Province on Sunday, local authorities said on Monday.
A military helicopter on Tuesday rescued an operator trapped on a construction crane by a massive fire in the southeast Canadian city of Kingston.
A high-rise building that was ablaze for over 11 hours in downtown Guangzhou no casualties have been reported so far. Some 20 people, including workers inside the building and nearby residents, have been relocated, according to the municipal firefighting department
Four people were killed by fire at a residential house in Japan's Chiba City, local police and firefighters said.
Israeli border forces shot dead a Palestinian at a checkpoint in the West Bank on Thursday evening, an Israeli military spokesperson confirmed to Xinhua.
A fire broke out late Tuesday evening in a building of the largest maternity hospital in Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said.
The Israeli military confirmed that its forces destroyed a Syrian cannon post in the northern Golan Heights on Wednesday in response to mortar fire that earlier wounded two Israeli soldiers.
Indian-controlled Kashmir, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- Indian army Wednesday said 96 cease-fire violations by Pakistan were recorded on line-of-control (LoC) since January this year.
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