KYIV (UKRAINE) - Hundreds of drones targeted Moscow on Sunday as Russia launched missile strikes that killed three people and wounded more than a dozen in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, officials on the two sides said.

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT - A vast fire is still burning in the Phru Khuan Khreng peat swamp forest in this southern province, defying firefighters' efforts three days after it erupted.

The Interior Ministry will take action to end the dispute between the owner of an exotic animal zoo on Koh Samui and an Israeli family who were refused entry, Deputy Interior Minister Polapee Suwunchwee said on Sunday.

At least 47 people were killed after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake and dozens of aftershocks struck off eastern Indonesia on Saturday (August 15), the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said in its latest statement. - REUTERS

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Saturday (August 15) the death of an academic - who was the University of Cambridge's youngest ever Black professor but who resigned after accusations of plagiarism - was a tragedy that needed reflection. -...

RUTENG, Indonesia - Help started arriving Sunday for thousands of evacuees on Indonesia's Flores island after a powerful earthquake killed 48 people, injured dozens and damaged hundreds of houses and buildings.

LONDON - Whether he is pulling a pint, tossing a builder's helmet in the air or running with Olympic medallist Mo Farah, the UK's new prime minister Andy Burnham has embraced social media with a deft touch.

KYIV   - The chances of a missile attack on Kyiv that night were around 50 percent, according to the administrator of a social media channel monitoring Russian air raids.

SIKKA, Indonesia - Around 5,000 people have been evacuated after a magnitude-7.7 earthquake smashed an area in eastern Indonesia, killing at least ​51, blocking roads and causing landslides, authorities said on Sunday.

Heavy to very heavy rain is expected across parts of northern and northeastern Thailand from Tuesday into Friday, raising the risk of flash floods and forest runoff in vulnerable areas.