Over 700 firefighters are attempting to contain a wildfire in Portugal and a heatwave across Iberia shows little sign of cooling down

Israel has halted fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip because of incendiary balloons and kites being launched from the enclave

A heatwave this week across Portugal and Spain has prompted a warning about possible wild fires

Firefighters say erratic winds and dry conditions have caused the Carr fire to grow

Sweden's air force employed an unusual tactic to try and put out a wildfire — dropping a bomb on it!

Australia's biggest city has all but vanished as brush fire clearances on the outskirts create thick smoke.

Plaintiffs charge EU with establishing inadequate greenhouse gas reductions, and failing to ensure the already inadequate cuts are respected. A group action is trying to force the EU to make tougher laws.

Portugal has started the process of recovering huge areas of forest lost in fires that struck the country last year. On Sunday over 3,000 volunteers planted around 67,000 trees in Leiria in central Portugal. More than 80 percent of the pine forest was lost in the blazes that also claimed 114 lives.

A fire at a drug abuse treatment centre in Baku, Azerbaijan, has killed 24 people.

Bushfires sweep across three states whipped up by high winds

City of Santa Barbara now threatened by winds whipping inferno towards coast as fire-plagued 2017 approaches a record year's end.

California state officials have ordered new evacuations across coastal towns in Santa Barbara County.

Firefighters in southern California have gained some ground battling raging wildfires but strong winds are forecast to return with force

Slower winds have allowed more helicopters and air tankers to safely complete missions dropping water and fire retardant

New blazes have broken out in southern California where 200,000 people have been evacuated amid raging wildfires