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Fires in US state of Washington largest in its history A group of wildfires blazing in the western US state of Washington have become the largest in the state's history, and 2015 has become the state's worst fire year on record.

25 August 2015

Obama declares wildfire emergency in Washington state President Barack Obama declared an emergency for wildfire-ravaged Washington state, as Australia and New Zealand sent firefighters to help US crews.

22 August 2015

Remembering New Orleans chaos, 10 years after Katrina Hurricane Katrina's deadly winds tore up roofs, yanked trees from the ground, and pushed towering walls of seawater miles past the coast.

22 August 2015

France calls off search for MH370 wreckage off Reunion France said it was calling off the hunt for wreckage from missing flight MH370 after 10 days of air and sea searches off its Indian Ocean territory of Reunion yielded no results.

18 August 2015

Chinese media lambast Tianjin officials over blast response Chinese state-run media lambasted officials in the port city of Tianjin for a lack of transparency over the massive explosions at an industrial site.

17 August 2015

Indonesian plane searching for missing aircraft spots debris: official A plane searching for an Indonesian passenger aircraft that went missing in the remote eastern province of Papua with 54 people on board at the weekend on Monday spotted debris.

17 August 2015

Death toll rises to 85 in China blasts: officials The number of people killed in giant explosions in the Chinese port of Tianjin has risen to 85.

15 August 2015

Huge China explosions leave scores dead, hundreds injured Enormous explosions in a major Chinese port city killed at least 44 people and injured more than 500, leaving a devastated industrial landscape of incinerated cars, toppled shipping containers and burnt-out buildings.

13 August 2015

France to conduct MH370 searches off Reunion until Monday France will conduct air and sea searches off its Indian Ocean territory of Reunion until the start of next week for debris from missing flight MH370.

13 August 2015

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France hunts for more MH370 debris off Reunion island France launched a hunt for more wreckage from the ill-fated MH370 plane off Reunion island on Friday in a fresh effort to shed light on one of aviation's biggest mysteries.

08 August 2015

Japan's Hiroshima ceremonies 'scheming': Chinese media A Chinese newspaper with close ties to the ruling Communist Party slammed Japan for commemorating the atomic bombing of Hiroshima without highlighting its own wartime aggression.

06 August 2015

At least 16 killed as two buses collide in Russia At least 16 people were killed and dozens injured when two buses crashed head-on in Russia's far eastern Khabarovsk region.

05 August 2015

MH370 investigators meet in France ahead of wing analysis Malaysian aviation experts met French officials to coordinate the investigation into missing flight MH370, days after the discovery of a washed-up plane part offered fresh hopes of solving the mystery.

04 August 2015

Bin Laden relatives killed in UK plane crash Members of Osama Bin Laden's family were among the victims in the crash of a private jet in Britain.

01 August 2015

Mudflow consequences being remedied in Almaty; danger persists Mudflow consequences are still being remedied in Almaty that was hit by a powerful mud flow on July 23.

30 July 2015

Almaty hit by mud flows At aroud 2.15 am morainic lake Bezymyannoye at Kargaly glacier outburst. The water volume of the lake stood at 40 000 cubic meters. The outburst caused mud flows, with part of them overtopping the dam on the Kargaly River.

23 July 2015

Bosnia marks 20 years since Srebrenica massacre Thousands of people were pouring into Srebrenica to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the massacre of thousands of Muslims in the worst mass killing in Europe since World War II.

11 July 2015

As first anniversary looms, MH17 families demand justice Families of those killed when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine last year demanded justice at an emotional memorial ceremony.

11 July 2015

Hail size of a chicken egg in Kazakhstan in July Residents of Kostanay Oblast in northeastern Kazakhstan make photos of chicken-sized hail balls.

07 July 2015