As America's biggest city endures an unprecedented period without significant rainfall. The situation has created a potentially dangerous drought condition and is fanning the flames of a deadly wildfire.

New Jersey-New York Wildfire Keeps Burning

The Centre has doubled the fine for farmers burning crop residue in view of the deteriorating air quality in the Delhi-NCR region, the penalty going up to Rs 30,000 for those with more than five acres of farmland.

India: Centre doubles penalty for farmers burning crop residue over deteriorating Delhi-NCR air quality

Disclaimer: Some readers may find the story disturbing. Discretion is advised. In a shocking act, a teenage boy filmed himself tossing many puppies alive in a furnace.

Teen boy films himself burning several puppies in Brazil, sends video to friends

Authorities on Tuesday (Oct 22) said that at least 16 farmers in India’s northern state of Haryana were arrested for illegally burning paddy stubble, a practice that contributes to severe air pollution in the region around New Delhi at the onset of winter.

16 farmers arrested in India’s Haryana for illegally burning paddy stubble

The supporters of former United States President Donald Trump are suffering from mysterious eye injuries which they believe they contracted while sitting behind him during his rally in Tucson last week.

Trump fans at rally face mysterious illness that made their eyes 'burn like hell'

Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian parliament) Rahul Gandhi shared a video of his visit to relief camps in the Indian state of Manipur on social media platform X and appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the state which has been marred by the ethnic violence.

Rahul Gandhi says Manipur still 'burning', calls out PM Modi in five-minute-long video

Trigger warning: Some readers may find the details of this report disturbing. Discretion is advised A special court convicted two men of raping and burning alive a minor girl in a coal furnace in August last year and sentenced them to death in Bhilwara district of India's Rajasthan.

Indian court gives death sentence to two for raping, burning alive minor girl

More than a hundred "zombie" fires have continued to burn under the ground in Canada, even though winter has set in. These "zombie" fires, which are known as holdover fires or overwintering fires, have continued to burn under the surface in the winter months which has increased the risk of turning into full-blown wildfires in the spring season.

Zombie fires continue to burn underground in Canada even in winters

Two days back, the world saw the Taliban burn musical instruments worth thousands of dollars in the western Herat province of Afghanistan, calling the art form a major reason for causing “moral corruption".

Exclusive: Taliban carrying out music's 'genocide' in Afghanistan, says Afghan music saviour Ahmad Sarmast

The embassy of Sweden was set on fire by protesters in the Iraqi capital Baghdad early on Thursday (July 20), stated an AFP journalist, ahead of the Quran's planned burning in Sweden.

Protesters torch Sweden's embassy in Baghdad ahead of planned burning of Quran

A few days ago, an Iraqi citizen living in Sweden, Salwan Momika, stomped on Islamic holy book & set several pages alight. Momika's Quran burning coincided with start of Eid Al-Adha & end of annual hajj pilgrimage. The incident has triggered widespread backlash across Muslim world; even as Sweden awaits Turkey's go-ahead on NATO membership. Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, UAE & morocco have summoned Swedish ambassadors in protest. Iran said it was holding off on sending its new ambassador to Sweden because of the incident. At an extraordinary meeting, Saudi-based organisation of Oslamic cooperation called for collective measures to avoid future Quran burnings. Swedish police had granted Salwan Momika a permit in line with free speech protections. Authorities later said they had opened a probe over agitation against an ethnic group, noting Momika had burnt pages from holy book very close to the mosque. Sweden's government condemned Momika's actions on Sunday, calling them Islamophobic.

Quran burning: Countries summon Swedish ambassadors | Turkey yet to ratify NATO membership bid

Amazon rainforest are called the lungs of the planet and rightly so as they produce 80% of the total oxygen in Earth's atmosphere. The Amazon rainforest is the world's richest and most varied biological reservoir, home to several million species of plants, birds animals insects and other diverse life-forms.

WION Climate Tracker: A devastating burning season for Amazon forest

The Amazon rainforest continues to burn. The number of fires raging in Brazil's rainforest hit a 15-year high in the month of June. Meanwhile, the rate of deforestation has also surged to record levels.

WION Climate Tracker| Why is the Amazon rainforest burning?

As the Myanmar conundrum escalates, villagers and media accused the Junta troops of torching hundreds of buildings during a three-day raid in the northern part of the country.

Myanmar: Junta troops on a burning spree as 3-day raid turns violent

A police officer in Florida risked his life to save a baby that was stuck on a balcony of a third-story apartment after it caught fire. The netizens were all in praise of the officer after a video of the dramatic incident went viral.

Watch: Police officer risks life to save baby stuck at burning apartment in US

A crowd below a burning building saved the life of two young brothers who jumped 33ft from a window to escape the fire. The children, aged ten and three, were caught as they fell towards the pavement in the south-eastern French city of Grenoble on Tuesday.

Watch: Brothers, 10 and three, caught by crowd after jumping from burning building

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