A powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar on Wednesday, killing at least one person and damaging pagodas in the ancient city of Bagan, officials said.
A strong earthquake brought down buildings in mountainous central Italy early on Wednesday, trapping residents and sending others fleeing into the streets, with at least 20 people believed killed.
Japan was hit by a strong earthquake for the second straight day on Saturday, though there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, officials said.
A moderate 5.2 magnitude earthquake in Peru killed at least nine people and left 40 injured, crushing villagers under rubble and blocking roads, officials said Monday.
A helicopter crashed into a hillside in Nepal on Monday, killing all seven people on board including a baby, officials said.
At least 58 people have died in floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains in Nepal, the government said on Wednesday.
Nepal's prime minister is prepared to face a no-confidence motion in parliament after former Maoist rebels who had backed his coalition withdrew their support but he sees no need to step down, an aide said.
At least 30 homes and a school were destroyed in an earthquake that caused no injuries or deaths in Tajikistan, the ex-Soviet country's state emergencies committee reported Saturday.
Rani Maya Shrestha was working on a neighbour’s potato farm when the first of Nepal’s two massive earthquakes ...
An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck off the Indonesian island of Lombok on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
Gasping for breath and clad in trekking boots, more than 150 local and foreign runners took part on Sunday in the world's highest marathon in the snow-covered foothills of Mount Everest.
A powerful blast in a chemical factory located near a residential area in a Mumbai suburb killed five people and left 92 injured on Thursday, police officials said.
