The death toll from the Maui wildfires in Hawaii reached 93 on Saturday, according to the Maui County website, making it the deadliest US wildfire in more than a century.

Twelve people were killed and more than 100 injured when firecrackers kept in a warehouse exploded in southern Thailand.

As many as four people are killed after fire breaks out triggering the explosion of fuel tanks at textile warehouses in the Iraqi city of Karbala.

Iraq has ordered the Swedish ambassador to leave and decided to withdraw its envoy from Stockholm for permitting desecration of the Holy Qur'an, a government spokesman says. 

A provincial minister warns the country's out-of-control blazes that could last "all summer."

Schools across the US East Coast canceled outdoor activities, commercial airline traffic was slowed and millions of Americans were urged to stay indoors.

A Russia official says a Ukrainian drone has likely caused a fire at an oil refinery in southern Russia.

Palestinian resistance groups have fired more than 20 rockets from the Gaza Strip toward the occupied territories in retaliation for the murder of Khader Adnan.

At least 37 people have been killed at an immigration detention center in a Mexican city on the US border after a fire broke out at the facility overnight, the AP news agency cited an official as saying on Tuesday.

North Korea has confirmed that it has fired two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast, saying the launches were a "demonstration drill" designed to train sub-military units to "annihilate the enemy" if necessary.