Muscat: Firefighting teams in northern Japan have extinguished the country’s largest wildfire in decades after an 11-day battle, authorities said today. Hundreds of firefighters, backed by more than a thousand military personnel, had been fighting the…

Muscat: Mayon Volcano, the Philippines’ most active volcano, erupted today, covering surrounding villages with ash, authorities said.

According to Oman News Agency, about 52 villages in Albay province, 330 kilometres southeast of Manila, have been a…

London: Elevated levels of iodine and selenium in the body may increase the risk of pancreatic cancer, according to a new medical report. Researchers analysed data from nearly 192,000 people in the UK Biobank over a follow-up period of about