Portugal and Spain are battling ongoing forest fires, but the situation has eased compared to recent days, according to local emergency services.

Indonesian authorities have arrested 44 people accused of deliberately igniting forest and peatland fires that are blanketing parts of Southeast Asia with toxic haze, officials confirmed on Wednesday.

Forest fires have broken out in Japan's Ehime and Okayama prefectures.

Under President Ilham Aliyev's instructions, Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) deployed "BE-200CS" amphibious aircraft to assist Türkiye in combating the ongoing severe forest fires.

The Portuguese government declared a National Day of Mourning on Friday due to massive forest fires that killed seven people and injured 166 others since September 14.

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte declared a state of emergency Wednesday in three regions of the country where a wave of forest fires has been spreading and destroying thousands of hectares of woodland.

Under President Ilham Aliyev's instructions, the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) deployed "BE-200CS" amphibious aircraft to assist Türkiye in combating the ongoing severe forest fires.