An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 has killed at least 155 people in Afghanistan, the country’s disaster management authority says. The tremor shook parts of eastern Afghanistan and parts of Pakistan during the... Read more »
At least five people have been killed after Russian forces fired at the main television tower in Kyiv and the city’s main Holocaust memorial, Ukrainian officials said, after Russia warned it would... Read more »
Japan plans to release water that was contaminated in the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster into the Pacific Ocean. A team of inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency has been assessing the... Read more »
Nepal is struggling to rebuild in the aftermath of catastrophic natural disasters in recent months. Hundreds of people have died in flooding and landslides triggered by monsoon rains in June, August and... Read more »
Six people are suing the operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan. They all lived in Fukushima and developed thyroid cancer after an earthquake and tsunami damaged the reactor in 2011.... Read more »
Rescue teams in western Ghana are searching the site of a huge explosion on Thursday that killed at least 17 people. Dozens were injured in the accidental blast in the western town... Read more »
Tongans have fled to higher ground after an undersea volcano erupted, sending tsunami waves crashing onto the South Pacific island and triggering warnings as far as the US West Coast. There were... Read more »
A tsunami has hit the Pacific nation of Tonga after an undersea volcano erupted. The extent of the damage is still unclear as many phone lines are down. Warnings remain in place... Read more »
Rescue efforts are under way in the Philippines after one of the most powerful storms in the world this year hit land. Typhoon Rai blew from the Pacific Ocean into the Siargao... Read more »
A rare tropical cyclone has made landfall on the Arabian peninsula, killing at least nine people in Oman and Iran. Cyclone Shaheen hit their coastlines, reaching wind speeds of up to 150... Read more »