Aug. 13, 2023 | Calls for help on Maui in the aftermath of the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century. A shift in the hurricane forecast puts the east coast on edge. Plus, remembering a trailblazer at Montreal’s Pride Parade.

Lionesses want to ‘make the nation proud’ as they take Australia

The Ukrainian military on Monday said it had pushed Russian forces out of pockets of territory along front lines in the east and south of the country, building on a gruelling counter-offensive launched two months ago.

An Indonesian search and rescue team on Monday was searching for seven people, including four Australian tourists, reported missing in the waters of Aceh following bad weather.

Afghan women and girls are barred from virtually every aspect of public life with the Taliban entrenched in the country after two years of rule. (Aug. 14/AP video shot by Mohammadd Habib Rahmani, Reddiquallah Alizai, Omid Haqjo)

Video shows a gunman chasing after Shia worshippers at a shrine in Iran where at least one person was shot dead in an attack on Sunday.

One of the few remaining green spaces in Guinea’s capital has shrunk dramatically and its very existence now hangs in the balance. The Kakimbo forest, in the north east of Conakry, is a Unesco World heritage site and a vital carbon sink. But rapid urba…

Stars celebrate 50 years of Hip Hop; “Barbie” still sitting pretty at the top of the U.S. box office; NFL great Tom Brady touches down in Birmingham, England. (Aug. 14)

The party of Ecuador’s slain presidential candidate on Sunday tapped a reporter to take his place on the ballot as several contenders to lead the South American nation in a vote later this month showed up for a national debate wearing bulletproof vests…