A moderate 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan on Thursday, US geologists said, close to the area hit by twin disasters in March, but there was no immediate tsunami warning or reports of damage.

A highway in California state has reportedly slipped into the ocean following landslides caused by heavy weekend rain in the region.

The Paseo del Mar road in an area of Los Angeles was under the sca

Mexican Interior Secretary Francisco Blake Mora and seven others died in a helicopter crash near Mexico City on Friday, a government spokeswoman said Friday.

"Unfortunately the interior secretary, hi

A 5.6 magnitude earthquake killed five people in eastern Turkey late Wednesday, less than three weeks after a massive quake killed more than 600 in the same area, a government official said.

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Forty-four persons have died in rain-related incidents over the past few days in Tamil Nadu even as the state government today stepped up operations to move people living in low-lying areas to safer p

Thirtyfour persons have died in rain-related incidents over the past few days in Tamil Nadu even as parts of the state continued to receive heavy rains.

Condoling the deaths, Chief Minister Jayalalit

The northeastern United States dug out on Monday from an unseasonable snowstorm with officials warning families against Halloween trick-or-treating in extreme conditions that left 12 people dead.

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Tensions were rising between Thai residents and authorities in flooded parts of Bangkok on Monday, with hundreds protesting that their homes were being sacrificed in attempts to keep the city centre d

Rescuers on Friday pulled a 12-year-old boy from the rubble of Turkey's earthquake after he had lain trapped more than 100 hours, as the death toll in the disaster rose to 573.

The end of Ferhat Toka

Turkey clung to hopes on Wednesday of finding survivors under rubble three days after a powerful earthquake killed at least 459 people, and the government finally requested foreign help to shelter tho