Flash floods kill five in Syria
Four children drowned while a man died after his car was caught in floodwaters.

Four children drowned while a man died after his car was caught in floodwaters.









An oil spill off the UAE coast has prompted beach closures after a vessel reportedly hit a naval mine in early October.
Storm topples trees, triggers brief flooding, disrupts power lines and forces 5,000 people to evacuate.
Karachi’s last two African elephants remain in captivity. Their sisters are already dead. Will they survive?
World authority on threatened wildlife classifies 96 percent of assessed coral reef systems as “critically endangered”.

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.
ASEAN’s consensus-driven approach and a lack of enforcement mechanisms make legal action difficult, experts say.
US federal judge blocked wall’s construction on Texas-Mexico border amid an ongoing legal battle.
As Canada’s LNG exports grow, critics raise concerns over human rights abuses linked to major corporate investors.
US president has continued to support data centres in advance of midterms, despite growing opposition from Republicans.