Adding that one of the gunmen had been killed during the attack, the commissioner stated that the death toll from the deadly ...

When an earthquake strikes in winter, cold temperatures and snow can slow down evacuations and raise the risk of hypothermia.

An airstrike conducted by the military junta in Myanmar on a hospital has resulted in the death of 31 people, AFP reported, quoting an on-site aid worker. "The situation is very terrible," AFP quoted ...

A powerful magnitude 7.6 earthquake has hit off Japan's northern coast, triggering a tsunami alert for much of the coastline.

The earthquake struck on 11 March 2011, when a magnitude 9.1 tremor occurred off Japan's northeast coast, generating a ...

Japan has issued a tsunami advisory after a 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook the country’s northeast. The quake occurred off the east coast of Aomori prefecture, in the north of Honshu, the main ...

Japan is assessing damage and cautioning people of potential aftershocks after a late-night 7.5 magnitude earthquake caused injuries, light damage and a tsunami in Pacific coastal communities.