Florida was flanked by two hurricanes on Wednesday, with Idalia in the Gulf of Mexico and Franklin in the Atlantic Ocean. Both storms are expected to impact coastal communities that were already battered last season by Ian and Nicole.

The expansion of a “clean air zone” in London has sparked protests in the UK capital.

The combination of a dangerous storm surge and the tide will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by rising waters moving inland from the shoreline. The water could reach heights of 12 to 15 feet above ground.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has suggested he might have to pause his 2024 presidential campaign to deal with the onset of Hurricane Idalia.

The US state of Florida is bracing for Hurricane Idalia.

Senior military officers in Gabon have appeared on state television to announce they are now in control of the country.

Anti-government protests in southern Syria have stretched into a second week, with demonstrators waving the colorful flag of the minority Druze community, burning banners of President Bashar Assad’s government and at one point raiding several offices o…

A group of senior Gabonese military officers appeared on television in the early hours of Wednesday to announce the suspension of elections and the closing of borders shortly after the election commission said President Ali Bongo had won a third term.

Updated dates for strike action as the UK continues to face a barrage of industrial action from key workers in a series of bitter pay disputes. Here are the details of strikes announced for September.