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Sep 28, 2026 - World

Flooding in the Thai capital Bangkok has been subsiding, though some neighborhoods and major roads are still unable to clear away water from near-continuous rains over the weekend

Sep 28, 2026 - World

Capital city submerged in waist-high flood water, while elsewhere Hurricane Nolo threatens Hawaii’s Big IslandBangkok was declared a disaster zone by its city officials towards the end of last week, after streets in Thailand’s capital city were submerged in up to waist-high flood water. The flooding stemmed from an active cell of low pressure across central Thailand that brought continuous heavy rainfall and thunderstorms to Bangkok and surrounding regions.The heavy rain began early on Thursday when the weak area of low pressure travelled north-westwards up the gulf of Thailand before then sitting over central Thailand by Friday morning. For most of the following two days this low pressure remained roughly in situ, which allowed unrelenting downpours over Bangkok and nearby areas. One weather station near Prachin Buri, just north-east of the capital, recorded 213.5mm within a 24-hour period between Friday and Saturday evening local time – for comparison, London receives an average 585mm a year). Fortunately, the centre of the low-pressure cell shifted north-westwards on Sunday and brought an end to the torrential rainfall. Continue reading...

Sep 28, 2026 - World

Three Australian appellate judges have rejected an activist’s landmark bid to prosecute Britain’s King Charles III over the alleged genocide of Indigenous people

Sep 28, 2026 - World

Rescue teams are searching for a dozen people swept away by an avalanche on a Nepalese mountain

Sep 28, 2026 - World

Renewed fighting between Iran-aligned Houthis and Saudi-backed Yemeni forces has shattered four years of relative calmIn the mornings, 13-year-old Muneer Farie went to school, and in the afternoons he helped his father feed the livestock. He took his studies seriously, dreaming of becoming the first teacher in his family of farmers.As fighting approached his village in al-Wazeyah district in Taiz, Yemen, two weeks ago, Muneer’s focus started to drift from his lessons. The classroom echoed with the distant sounds of explosions and gunfire. His home was suddenly on the frontline of renewed fighting between the Iran-aligned Houthis and the Saudi-backed Yemeni government. Continue reading...