One of the worst natural disasters took place on December 26, 2004 following one of the strongest earthquakes in the oceans.

Japan is taking greater interest in United Nations as fears grow that rival nations, including China, are using the ...

On 1935, Shenandoah National Park was established in northern Virginia after years of raising funds to purchase the land ...

TOKYO: An earthquake with ⁠a preliminary magnitude of ⁠6.7 hit Japan's ‌northeastern region on Friday, ⁠prompting a tsunami advisory from the ⁠Japan Meteorological Agency. The quake struck at 11:44 ...

A regional assembly in Niigata where the nuclear plant is located voted in favour of the restart. Read more at ...

Japan aims to increase nuclear power to reduce fossil fuel imports. However, the public remains divided over energy security ...

SOUTH TAPANULI, Indonesia - Indonesian Reliwati Siregar gestured angrily at deforestation around her home on the island of Sumatra, where landslides and floods brought by a tropical storm killed more ...

In the remote east of a region once called Harikela lies Chittagong, an upper Bay of Bengal port city at the juncture of the ...

TOKYO - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 struck off Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan on Sunday, the country's weather agency said. The - Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today | ...

The Seattle-based Basel Action Network, or BAN, said a two-year investigation found at least 10 U.S. companies exporting used ...

A month after the disaster, residents are still struggling to recover as anger against Jakarta’s slow rescue response mounts.

The Japanese government was still assessing damages from the tsunami and late-evening quake, which struck at about 11:15 p.m. (1415 GMT) in the Pacific Ocean around 80 kilometers (50 miles) off the ...