Seven killed, 150 injured after powerful quake hits northern Afghanistan

A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake has struck northern Afghanistan near the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, killing at least seven people and injuring 150 others, according to local officials.

Record rains drive flooding in Vietnam, submerging ancient city

Heavy rains have triggered record-breaking floods in some parts of central Vietnam, especially in top tourism destinations Hue, a former imperial capital, and the ancient town of Hoi An.

Hurricane Melissa, now Category 3, threatens heavy floods in Jamaica, Haiti

Hurricane Melissa has rapidly strengthened into a major Category 3 with potentially catastrophic consequences, as it dropped torrential rain in the northern Caribbean and threatened disastrous flooding and landslides in Jamaica and southern Haiti.

Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon to make closest approach to Earth on October 21

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) will pass at its minimum distance from Earth - around 89 mln km - on October 21, according to the Solar Astronomy Laboratories of the Space Research Institute and the Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Mexico floods leave at least 27 dead and more missing

At least 27 people have died and others are missing, according to authorities, after floods in Mexico triggered landslides and swept away homes, vehicles and bridges.

Philippine earthquake death toll rises to 30

The death toll from the magnitude 6.9 earthquake that hit the Philippines on Tuesday has risen to 30, while 37 people have been reported injured, ABS-CBN News reported.