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Evacuations were being hampered by thick volcanic ash on some roads, an official said.

The negotiations are taking place in the shadow of a feared regional escalation, with Iran threatening to retaliate against Israel.

In British Columbia, thousands of residents were evacuated as the nearby blaze nearly doubled to 4,136 hectares.

Strikes by air and shelling from tanks on the ground were also reported in central and southern areas of the Gaza Strip.

Ruang volcano belches explosive plumes of lava, rocks and ash for days, declaring the highest alert on the situation.

Israel says hospitals in the Palestinian enclave, where war has been raging for over five months, are used by Hamas as bases.

Medical teams had buried on the grounds of the hospital 13 patients who died as the facility had no power or oxygen.

The flooding came with heavy rain from ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper, leaving tens of thousands without power and forcing evacuations.

Some 1,220 homes and 4,270 residents were under mandatory evacuation orders.

The provincial capital of Fuzhou closed subway lines and suspended train services, while schools shut for a second day.

About 3.8 million hectares have already burned, some 15 times the 10-year average, said Bill Blair.

Halifax Mayor Mike Savage said the evacuations impacted about 18,000 people.

Here's the status of some evacuations, as Sudan slides into a conflict between the army and a paramilitary group.

Cyclone Gabrielle caused widespread flooding, landslides and huge ocean swells, forcing evacuations and stranding people on roof tops.

A violent eruption of Mount Semeru's volcano prompted authorities to impose an 8km no-go zone and forced evacuations of entire villages.

The Dutch state, as a signatory to the 1948 Genocide Convention, has a duty to take all reasonable measures at its disposal to prevent genocide.

Moves by Trump and his appointees to eliminate existing rules will be met with legal challenges, as many progressive groups and Democratic officials have made clear.

Consultations on PTPTN loans and admission to IPTA are among services provided at the Higher Education Ministry booth.

Almost 200 residents from 60 homes in Kampung Tanjung Kala have ended up stuck when their 200-metre (m) long concrete bridge flooded.

The draft finance deal criticised by both developed and developing nations.

This was following the discovery of a suspected prohibited item in luggage.

Kelantan has reminded the public in the state to refrain from outdoor activities with the arrival of the Northeast Monsoon season.

Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern was given a global leadership award by the United Nations Foundation.

The decision of the ICC to issue arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant is apt, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

KTMB will provide two additional ETS trains for the KL Sentral-Padang Besar route and return trips in conjunction with the holidays.