#rages

6:21pm, 18th April, 2019

Mortar bombs land on Tripoli suburb as two-week battle rages on

Mortar bombs crashed down on a suburb of Tripoli on Thursday, almost hitting a clinic and adding to people's suffering after two weeks of an offensive by eastern troops on the Libyan capital, which is held by an internationally recognized govern...

Shells kill seven in Tripoli neighborhood as Haftar's two-week siege rages

9:22am, 17th April, 2019

World

Shells kill seven in Tripoli neighborhood as Haftar's two-week siege rages

Shells slammed into a densely-populated district of Tripoli overnight, piling misery on civilians from a two-week assault by commander Khalifa Haftar's forces to take Libya's capital from an internationally-backed government.

Barrages hit Tripoli as Haftar's two-week siege rages

6:16am, 17th April, 2019

World

Barrages hit Tripoli as Haftar's two-week siege rages

Shells slammed into a densely-populated Tripoli suburb overnight, piling on the suffering for civilians from a two-week assault by commander Khalifa Haftar's forces to take Libya's capital from an internationally-backed government.

Battle rages for Libya's capital, airport bombed

9:52am, 8th April, 2019

World

Battle rages for Libya's capital, airport bombed

A warplane attacked Tripoli's only functioning airport on Monday as eastern forces advancing on Libya's capital disregarded global appeals for a truce in the latest of a cycle of warfare since Muammar Gaddafi's fall in 2011.

Mitsui petrochemical unit probed after Texas fire rages for days

3:37pm, 20th March, 2019

US

Mitsui petrochemical unit probed after Texas fire rages for days

State and local investigators have begun probing a petrochemical storage company outside Houston where a massive fire fed by giant tanks of fuel burned for days, darkening the skies with soot for dozens of miles, officials said.

Texas petrochemical storage fire rages, may burn for two days

7:59pm, 18th March, 2019

US

Texas petrochemical storage fire rages, may burn for two days

A fire at a Houston-area petrochemical storage site continued to rage late on Monday and is expected to burn for up to two more days, officials said, sending thick black smoke into the air for miles around.

Battle rages for last Islamic State Syria enclave

4:19pm, 17th March, 2019

World

Battle rages for last Islamic State Syria enclave

Falling bombs raised smoke over Islamic State's last enclave in east Syria on Sunday, obscuring the huddle of vehicles and makeshift shelters to which the group's self-declared "caliphate" has been reduced.

California wildfire rages unchecked, threatens homes, shuts interstate

4:46am, 7th September, 2018

US

California wildfire rages unchecked, threatens homes, shuts interstate

A wildfire burned unchecked early on Friday in northern California, threatening homes and shutting down an interstate highway where motorists had to race from their vehicles.

Massive wildfire rages after becoming largest in California's history

2:56am, 7th August, 2018

US

Massive wildfire rages after becoming largest in California's history

California's biggest wildfire on record raged on Tuesday as hot and windy conditions challenged thousands of fire crews battling eight major blazes burning out of control across the state.

Homes evacuated as British moorland fire rages

2:46am, 27th June, 2018

UK

Homes evacuated as British moorland fire rages

LONDON (Reuters) - More than 30 homes have been evacuated near Greater Manchester in northern England as firefighters battle a blaze which has been spreading for days in hot weather across the hills of Saddleworth Moor.