California

A small plane crashed into a home in California on Sunday, killing the pilot and four others.

Crews battling a deadly wildfire in northern California have managed to hold their containment lines, the state fire service says. They have contained 30 per cent of the fire, stretching over 125,000 acres (50,500 ha), but do not expect…

A seventh person was killed by the wildfires that have ravaged the western United state of California. According to Aljazeera, details about the death weren't made public, but it happened as the scope of a new…

FAMED American anti-war activist Tom Hayden has died aged 76. Hayden died in his home in Santa Monica "after a lengthy illness", the Los Angeles Times reports. BBC reported that he was a member of the "Chicago seven" charged with…

UNITED Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said a woman should lead the United Nations for the first time since it was set up more than 70 years ago. As he nears the end of his second five-year term, Ban said it was "high time" for a…