7 out of top 10 regions for confiscations are in Siberia or Russian Far East.

Plane schedules disrupted, residents warned to stay indoors, sailors had to use GPS to get back to land because of thick smoke fumes from raging forest fires.

A smoky haze in British Columbia originated in Eastern Siberia, says a top Canadian meteorologist.

Made from the splintered ribs of cows or horses, one is still capable of making music.

Marina Fokina, 34, screamed at beast: 'Eat me but don't touch my child.'

Summer 2020 follows unusually hot and dry spring in swinging between the extremes.

Flights late on Thursday and on Friday suffered disruption due to smog caused by blazes in dry woodland made vulnerable by the current heat wave.

Hi-tech technologies have been used to track smoke plumes from forest fires burning across eastern Russia as they cross the Pacific.

Colourful election as bears, tigers and half-naked gymnasts vote in record-breaking result.