Bhutan hot springs hit by flood from glacial lake burst
No injuries reported after glacial lake burst, causing a flash flood and disrupting Bhutan’s Gasa Tshachu hot springs.

No injuries reported after glacial lake burst, causing a flash flood and disrupting Bhutan’s Gasa Tshachu hot springs.









Of four elephants brought to Pakistan in 2009, two have died. Now, two others are ill, raising welfare concerns.

An endangered shark swam back into a canal in South Korea after rescuers had led it back out to sea.
As Canada’s LNG exports grow, critics raise concerns over human rights abuses linked to major corporate investors.

Indonesia battles worst forest fires and toxic haze in 11 years

Firefighters are battling fast-moving wildfires in Orange County as Santa Ana winds fan the flames.
Thwaites glacier has been losing ice for decades. Now there are concerns of rapidly accelerating loss.
Data show a 42 percent drop in forest clearance from a year earlier, giving Lula a boost before the election run-off.
The deaths come as Jakarta says it will accept foreign help to tackle its worst forest fires in more than a decade.

Torrential rain has triggered flash floods across Istanbul.

An orange haze is blanketing Indonesia’s Central Kalimantan as wildfires rage across the province.