The number of confirmed dead and people listed as missing from the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan's northeast coast topped 28,000 on Monday, the National Police Agency said.

The agency

More than 60 people were killed and 90 injured after a strong earthquake struck Myanmar near its border with Thailand, an official said on Friday, as some affected areas remained cut off.

A magnitude-6.8 earthquake killed at least 75 people in Northeast Myanmar and one in Thailand, officials said on Friday.

Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant may have breached, raising the possibility of more severe contamination to the environment.

Japan's massive earthquake and tsunami could cost its economy up to $235 billion, or 4.0 per cent of output, and reconstruction may take five years, the World Bank said on Monday.

London: The Japanese tsunami caused on yesterday is forcing everyone to think could the movement of the moon trigger unpredictable events on Earth?

Astrologers predicted that on March 19 a week tomor

Sendai, Japan: Japan launched a massive, military-led rescue operation Saturday after a giant quake and tsunami killed hundreds of people and turned the northeastern coast into a swampy wasteland as a

Tokyo: More than 1,000 people were feared dead in the massive tsunami triggered by Japan's most powerful earthquake which wrought devastation in northeast coastal Japan forcing the government to de

Tokyo: Japanese government officials said that there was shaking and a trail of white smoke at the nuclear plant in the area devastated by a massive earthquake.

Fukushima Prefecture official Masato A

A Japanese nuclear power plant exploded on Saturday, triggering a 'nationwide atomic alert' in the country already reeling under the impact of giant tidal waves caused by a massive earthquake which has left 1600 people dead or unaccounted for.