Environment

Wildfires Ravage 685,500 Hectares Of Land In Mongolia This Year

ULAN BATOR, Jul 18 (NNN-APA) – A total of 90 forest and steppe fires have been reported across Mongolia, since…

Mongolia’s Khar-Us Lake Added To UNESCO World Network Of Biosphere Reserves

ULAN BATOR, Jul 17 (NNN-APA) – Mongolia’s Khar-Us Lake National Park, has been added to the World Network of Biosphere…

Heavy Rain Watch Issued Across S. Korea’s Metropolitan Area

SEOUL, Jul 17 (NNN-YONHAP) – A heavy rain watch was issued across South Korea’s metropolitan area, which was battered by…

4.2-Magnitude Earthquake Struck Near Tokyo

TOKYO, Jul 17 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.2, yesterday struck Japan’s prefecture of Ibaraki, just…

Cambodia Restoring Angkor Wat Ground Floor’s Southern Central Stairs, Naga Balustrade

PHNOM PENH, Jul 17 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s APSARA National Authority (ANA) archaeologists, have been restoring the southern central stairs and…

Death Toll Rises To 40 From Rainstorms, Flash Floods In East Afghanistan

KABUL, Jul 17 (NNN-ANA) – The death toll from rainstorms and flooding in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, has risen to…

Flood Death Toll Climbs To Eight In Philippines’ Bangsamoro

MANILA, Jul 16 (NNN-PNA) – The death toll caused by massive flooding hitting Bangsamoro, in the southern Philippines, has climbed…

Bangladesh Flood Situation Improves With Water Levels Receding

DHAKA, Jul 16 (NNN-BSS) – The overall flood situation in parts of Bangladesh, including north-eastern Sylhet region, has improved with…

Two Dead, Three Missing After Mud-Flows In Southern Kyrgyzstan

BISHKEK, Jul 16 (NNN-KNA) – Two people were killed and three went missing, after mud-flows caused by heavy rains flooded…

Pakistan’s Karachi Might Face Elevated Temperature

ISLAMABAD, Jul 16 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), forecast yesterday that, the country’s southern port city of Karachi, might…