Science & Environment
Magnitude-7 earthquake strikes off southwest Japan
A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the southwestern coast of Japan early Saturday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, with Japanese authorities ...Over 90,000 hit by Somalia floods
Over 90,000 people in war-torn southern Somalia have been hit by weeks of severe flooding, almost half of them forced from their ...Cyclone kills eight in Yemeni coastal province, peters out inland
A rare tropical cyclone struck Yemen\'s arid eastern coastal province of Hadramout on Tuesday and killed eight people before gradually petering out ...Space station marks 15 years of nonstop human presence
Astronauts have circled the Earth on board the International Space Station for 15 years on Monday, a milestone for an orbiting space ...Afghan-Pakistan quake rescue expands
Rescuers were Tuesday picking their way through rugged terrain and pockets of Taliban insurgency in the search for survivors after a massive ...Hundreds dead after massive earthquake hits South Asia
More than 300 people were killed Monday when a powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake centred in the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan ripped across ...Scores killed as magnitude 7.5 Afghan quake rocks South Asia
A major earthquake struck the remote Afghan northeast on Monday, killing at least 135 people in Afghanistan and nearby northern Pakistan and ...Massive earthquake shakes India, Pakistan and Afghanistan
A strong earthquake in northern Afghanistan was felt across much of South Asia on Monday, shaking buildings from Kabul to Delhi and ...Nord Stream Nr. 2: The Project’s Implications in Europe
Russia, Germany and a consortium of Western European companies have re-activated the Gazprom-led Nord Stream Two gas pipeline project.Thousands flee as Typhoon Koppu hits Philippines
Powerful Typhoon Koppu wrecked houses, tore down trees and unleashed landslides and floods, forcing thousands to flee as it pummelled the northern ...