Bangladesh's northern regions brace for monsoon floods

With the monsoon setting in and waters from India rushing downstream, Bangladesh is facing a serious threat of floods that could cause extensive damage to farmlands across the delta nation’s vast northern regions

Yemen asks for help as seawater seeps into abandoned tanker

Houthi rebels are blocking the United Nations from inspecting an abandoned oil tanker moored off the coast of Yemen loaded with more than one million barrels of crude oil

Seawater seeping into decaying oil tanker off Yemen coast

Houthi rebels are blocking the United Nations from inspecting an abandoned oil tanker moored off the coast of Yemen loaded with more than 1 million barrels of crude oil

Coronavirus lockdowns increase poaching in Asia, Africa

The coronavirus pandemic has led to a spike in poaching in India and other parts of the world

APTOPIX India World Environment Day

India World Environment Day

World Environment Day

Elephant dies in India after eating explosive-stuffed fruit

Indian police have arrested a man accused of causing the death of a pregnant elephant that died after biting a pineapple stuffed with firecrackers that exploded in its mouth

Cyclone spares India's business capital from major damage

The first cyclone in more than a century to hit India’s financial capital of Mumbai appears to have largely spared the metropolis

Sundarbans devastated by cyclone, as virus halts migration

The cyclone that struck India and Bangladesh last month passed through the vast mangrove forests of the Sundarban delta, a UNESCO world heritage site